MARBLEHEAD, MASS. (WHDH) - Police in Marblehead are turning to the public for help in tracking down a man who they say tried to lure a girl into his car Wednesday night.
The 16-year-old victim told officers that she was approached in the area of Humphrey Street and Brookhouse Drive by a man in a vehicle who wanted her to get in, according to the Marblehead Police Department. She then fled to a nearby building, where she locked herself in a public bathroom.
The girl, who did not have a phone, spent about 30 minutes in the bathroom before police say a family member arrived to pick her up from a pre-arranged appointment.
She described the vehicle in question as “a small silver car – not an SUV.” The man was said to be black or Hispanic and in his 30s.
A search of the area proved unsuccessful.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Marblehead police at 781-631-1212.
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