Crime & Safety

Police Searching For Man Who Tried to Lure Teen Girl Into Car

Police said the man offered the 14-year-old girl $200 to get in the car with him but she refused. A composite sketch is in the works.

A man allegedly tried to lure a teenage girl into his car Thursday by offering her $200 dollars to show him where Monrovia High School was, police said.

The 14-year-old girl middle school student was walking home from a sporting event at about 4 p.m. Thursday when the man approached her and asked her where the high school was, Monrovia Police Sgt. Nick Manfredi said.

"He told her he was in a hurry and he needed to go to the high school and asked her to get in his car to show him where the high school was located," Manfredi said.

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When the girl refused, the man offered her $200 to get in the car, Manfredi said. She again refused and the man got into his car and drove away.

The suspect is described as a male Hispanic between the ages of 20 to 25 standing five-foot-nine to five-foot-ten and weighing 180 to 190 pounds. He wore silver metal-framed glasses and had black, medium length shaggy hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a black t-shirt and khaki pants with a brown camouflage pattern on the legs, according to a news release.

Police described the suspect's car as a silver, late 90's model 4-door Honda Civic with a bicycle rack attached to the the trunk.

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Manfredi said police are working on a composite sketch of the suspect.

Anyone with information about the suspect is urged to call the Monrovia Police Department Watch Commander at (626) 256-8031 or (626) 256-8032.


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