[Dewey-Darrow] Notice

[Bearhair]

This is a great example of when one should phone the police immediately. He
might have gone on to the next block and grabbed the next small child he saw.

The police are everywhere, in squad cars, detective cars, underground, and on
bikes. They might have been able to catch the guy, and at least question him
and scare the daylights out of him.

Lora

From the West Crown Park Neighbors group:

>Hello All-
>it's the first time I'm e-mailing the group, but I received something from my sister that I thought should be shared. Her son attends Walker school (on Church just west of McCormick, part of Dist. 65, where many of our kids attend school) and she received the following from one of the mom's in the school. Nothing happened, but let's keep our eyes open, our kids and neighborhood safe.
>
>
>Hello neighbors and friends.
>>> 
>>>I wanted to let you know of a disturbing circumstance that happened this past Saturday afternoon, which we have decided we are going to inform the police about.  Brandon (our 6 year old) was playing in the front yard alone.  We were in the house, but we were not watching him at the time.  He said an African-American male pulled up in an all-white car and started talking to Brandon through the car window.  The man tried to engage conversation, told him he was a friend of his dad's and to tell his dad "hi."  Brandon came inside and told me about this, but by the time I got outside, the guy was gone.  We have no idea who this guy could be, so we have decided to inform the police about the incident.  Brandon also described the white car as "old-fashioned, like his grandparents would drive," so that might be an Oldsmobile or Chevy Impala or something.
>>> 
>>>A scary reminder to keep our eyes on our kids, and reinforce the danger of strangers!
>>> 
>>>Please feel free to pass along to others (I'm missing lots of emails, like Laura Jacobs) and even the Hartzell St yahoo group (since I am not on that).
>>> 
>>>Thanks,
>>>Kristin