{"id":53673,"date":"2025-04-17T13:55:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=53673"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:55:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:55:57","slug":"police-confirm-post-of-suspicious-person-trying-to-lure-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=53673","title":{"rendered":"Police confirm post of suspicious person trying to lure kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;235&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BEAVER BANK:<\/strong> RCMP have confirmed they are investigating an incident that was posted about on local community pages in the Beaver Bank area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A screenshot of the incident said that there was a black truck luring kids and it occurred at Beaver Bank Road and Mayflower Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The post said \u201cmy daughters were walking to the mailboxes and an older black truck pulled up and tried to get them to go in the truck.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The post did give a description.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It continued saying at the bottom that police had received lots of calls recently in the Beaver Bank, Sackville, Fall River areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8217;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/att.Ju_HWRCNcVhRKjB0E7wwmfNaeFXkrkvkBqGlwMwmf4I-980x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53696\" style=\"width:636px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The screenshot of a post from a Beaver Bank area community page warning of the incident. (Submitted photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Laker News inquired with RCMP Halifax Regional detachment to see if the post was valid and if they had heard about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay confirmed that police had heard about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that on April 16 at approximately 4:45 p.m., officers RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the area of Mayflower Ave. and Beaver Bank Rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRCMP officers learned that a black pickup truck stopped and asked youth to approach the vehicle,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;237&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;148&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cpl. Tremblay said the person of interest, who was sitting in the passenger seat at the time, is described as a man as in his 40s with gray hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;There\u2019s no description for the driver or additional details for the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cRCMP officers patrolled the area but the vehicle was not located,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cpl. Tremblay said the RCMP encourage the public to report all suspicious activity\/people to police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;71&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;235&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;] BEAVER BANK: RCMP have confirmed they are investigating an incident that was posted about on local community pages in the Beaver Bank area. A screenshot of the incident said that there was a black truck luring kids and it occurred at Beaver Bank Road and Mayflower Avenue. 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