Man Tells 12-Year-Old Girl To 'Get In The Car' Near Bus Stop

MACOMB COUNTY, MI — Authorities are warning parents of a report of stranger danger that took place in Macomb County. A man reportedly told a 12-year-old girl to get in his car and the girl used a trick her mother taught her to stay safe, police said.

According to the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office, the man in a newer black Chevy 4-door sedan with heavily tinted windows pulled up beside a girl walking to the school bus stop around 7:05 a.m. Wednesday morning and told her to “get in the car.”

The girl then asked the man what the password was — a safeword she and her mom use to determine if someone other than her parents should be picking her up. The man said he didn’t know the password and the girl ran away, according to the report.

The girl was uninjured in the incident, police said, and reported it to a school officer immediately.

The Chippewa Valley School District also alerted parents of the concern.

The man is described as a white male in his early 20’s with dark hair.

The Macomb County Sheriff’s Office will continue to investigate.