Abduction Attempt Reported Near Cedar Falls School

A boy said a man in a white van approached him as he rode his bike home from school Thursday, KWWL reported Thursday night.

Cedar Falls police said the incident happened around 3:50 p.m. near Lincoln Elementary, at the corner of 10th Street and Tremont Street. The boy said the man asked if he needed a ride and wanted chocolate. The boy rode away and the van left.

The man is described as white, in his 20s, with a red beard, wearing a black baseball cap. The vehicle was described as a large white van with black on the front and a large rear window.

The incident was the second abduction report in the Cedar Valley in as many days.

On Wednesday, a girl in Waterloo reported a man told her to get into his car while she was walking home from Blessed Sacrament School. That man was described as black, 50 to 60 years old, with black hair and black beard and tattoos on his neck. The vehicle was described as a dark blue SUV with an Iowa State University sticker on the back window.