Suspect sought in alleged abduction attempt
By ANGELA BRANDT - IR Staff Writer - 04/27/07
At about 4:30 p.m. Thursday the man approached the girl, who was selling lemonade on the corner of Montana and State avenues and twice said “come get in my car, little girl,” Helena police Cpl. Peter Callah said.
After the second time the man approached her, the girl yelled and ran away.
The girl described the man’s blond hair as “feathered back.”
He is said to be wearing a navy blue T-shirt and has no facial hair.
Helena police, the Lewis and Clark Sheriff’s Office and the Montana Highway Patrol are looking for the man in order to question him about the reported incident, Callah said. Anyone with any information is urged to call Crimestoppers at 443-2000.
Because of the other reported attempted abductions, area schools are urging parents and students to be especially careful.
This is the third investigated attempted child abduction in the area during the last eight days.
Tuesday morning, a caller reported that a tall, skinny white man with dark curly hair allegedly chased a 5-year-old boy around a front yard on the 3400 block of Kottas Court, Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Cheryl Liedle said.
The man, who at the time was dressed in blue sweatpants and a white tank top, jumped the fence surrounding the yard and fled when he saw the boy’s mother at about 8 a.m. Tuesday, Liedle said.
Last week at a Helena store the possible attempted abduction of an 8-year-old girl was reported.
A thin Caucasian light-haired man with a pock-marked face is suspected of watching an 8-year-old girl for some time at Costco last Wednesday before grabbing her wrist from behind and then wrapping his arm around her waist in an attempt to pick her up, according to Helena Police Chief Troy Mc Gee.
The girl told police she was able to maneuver away from the man, who was dressed in black, then walked away.
Law enforcement officials said they are investigating whether any of the incidents are related, but have no evidence that they are so far.
In another criminal incident involving a child, Monday afternoon, a man allegedly approached a 12-year-old girl across the street from Eastgate Elementary School and exposed himself, Liedle said.
The man was described as about 5 feet, 9 inches tall with a light complexion, messy dark hair and a potbelly. Liedle said the man unzipped his pants and then made sexual advances toward the teenage girl at about 5 p.m. on Lewis Street in East Helena.
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