SIOUX CITY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT WANTED IN THE ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION OF A TEENAGE GIRL MONDAY EVENING.
POLICE RESPONDED TO A CALL FROM A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO SAID SHE HAD JUMPED OUT OF THE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE AND RAN TO SAFETY AT A BUSINESS NEAR 41ST AND HAMILTON.
THE GIRL TOLD OFFICERS SHE WAS WALKING IN THE ALLEY OF THE 1400 BLOCK OF PIERCE STREET WHEN A HISPANIC MALE IN A GRAY PICKUP TRUCK PULLED UP BEHIND HER AND TOLD HER TO GET IN HIS TRUCK.
THE MAN GRABBED HER WRIST TO GET HER INTO THE TRUCK AND THEN DROVE AWAY WITH HER.
THE TEEN JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK AT 41ST AND HAMILTON.
THE GIRL IS SAFE AT HOME WITH HER MOTHER.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT IS A HISPANIC MAN IN HIS LATE 30’S OR EARLY 40’S WHO IS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL AND 180 POUNDS.
HE WAS DESCRIBED AS BARREL CHESTED AND WITH A GAP IN HIS TEETH.
HIS TRUCK IS POSSIBLY A GRAY FORD EXTENDED CAB PICKUP WITH BRANCHES IN THE BACK OF IT.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON WHO THIS PERSON MAY BE IS ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE SIOUX CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
