Police: Abduction Attempts Likely Unrelated

Linden police are still searching for a man who from his home Thursday, while Chief Rick Aro said the case is likely unrelated to a.

“We discussed the cases possibly being related with Linden Police,” Aro said. “We showed the victim the picture of the vehicle and he said that wasn’t it so it doesn’t look like they are related.”

The Fenton Press reported Thursday that Linden Police are looking for the Linden suspect, who is described as 19 to 30 years old and 6 feet tall. He has dark hair and was wearing black shorts and a blue T-shirt and was driving a tan/brownish Suburban/Yukon-type vehicle and left in an unknown direction.

The article stated the boy was playing in the front yard of his house on Murphy Street, near North Bridge Street, at about 9:45 a.m. when he heard a door slam and the boy was grabbed from behind by a man. The boy started screaming for help, according to the Fenton Press, and kicked the suspect, who then dropped the boy and left.

In last month's Fenton incident, Aro said two young girls were playing with a scooter in front of the school around 7 p.m. May 28 when the girls reported the white Suburban then pulled up on the grass near them and two males in black T-shirts got out of the vehicle and began chasing them.

“I don’t (think) people should overreact, I think people need to be cautious anytime they have young kids out without adult supervision,” Aro said. “Parents need beware of where there kids are who they are with whether they are infant or teens.”