2 Child Luring Incidents In Same Bergen Town: Cops

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Police are investigating two attempted luring incidents that happened in the same town on consecutive days earlier this week.

Two Elmwood Park middle-schoolers reported that a dark-colored minivan with tinted rear windows pulled up to them Tuesday and Wednesday as they walked home from Gilbert Avenue School.

In both incidents, two dark-skinned men in the minivan said, "You're beautiful, do you want me to drop you off?" Both times the students ran away, said Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno.

The incidents occurred at about 4 p.m. on Gilbert Avenue between Speidel Avenue and Elm Street, Foligno said. They were reported to authorities Thursday, and police immediately began investigating.

Police notified other nearby departments to determine if any similar situations occurred.

Additional police officers have been assigned to the area.

Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to call the Elmwood Park Police Department main desk at 201-796-0700, option 7.

Email: daniel.hubbard@patch.com

Image via Shutterstock