POLICE INVESTIGATE CITY SCHOOL INCIDENT (UPDATE)

SIOUX CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SERIES OF INCIDENTS WEDNESDAY INVOLVING SOMEONE TRYING TO TALK ELEMENTARY STUDENTS INTO GETTING INTO A CAR.
SCHOOL DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON ALISON BENSON SAYS ONE INCIDENT HAPPENED NEAR WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:



POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT IN THAT INCIDENT IS A WHITE MALE. EARLIER IN THE MORNING, A MAN IN A SILVER HONDA PULLED UP TO A BUS STOP AT 11TH AND JENNINGS, AND MADE SUSPICIOUS COMMENTS TO A GIRL AT THE BUS STOP, THEN DROVE AWAY.

THEN AROUND 1PM, 8 GIRLS ON THE PLAYGROUND AT ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SAY A DARK SKINNED MALE IN A WHITE PASSENGER CAR OR VAN CALLED AND MOTIONED TO THEM TO COME TO HIS CAR. ONE OF THE GIRLS WAS CALLED BY NAME.

POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE THE INCIDENTS ARE RELATED, AND ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION.

BENSON SAYS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOTIFYING PARENTS ABOUT THE INCIDENTS AND REMINDS THEM TO MAKE SURE THEIR CHILDREN ARE AWARE OF WHAT TO DO WHEN APPROACHED BY A STRANGER.