{"id":54335,"date":"2025-03-28T21:27:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T00:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=53393"},"modified":"2025-03-28T21:27:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T00:27:51","slug":"child-approached-while-waiting-for-school-bus-hrp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=54335","title":{"rendered":"Child approached while waiting for school bus: HRP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;235&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CLAYTON PARK:<\/strong> Officers with Halifax Regional Police (HRP) are investigating after a child was approached by a stranger while waiting at a school bus stop yesterday (March 27) morning in Clayton Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, March 27 at 8:13 a.m., a 10-year-old child was waiting for a school bus on Langbrae Drive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A white vehicle, described as a smaller SUV, pulled up in front of the child and the driver stated he was an Uber ordered by the child\u2019s parent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The child refused to get in the vehicle.<\/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=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver is described as east or southeast Asian man with a black beard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was wearing a blue t-shirt and black jacket. He spoke to the child in Hindi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police commend the child for refusing to get in the vehicle and reporting the incident to an adult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;71&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with information or video from the Langbrae Drive, Chipstone Close or Dunbrack Street between 8:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. is asked to call police at 902-490-5020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also submit a secure web tip at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2bKzDQVAwyGXdxbi2ZTdrL_L04HqkB2t4yA0eGBJ8S5k09ypCpAOycY-A_aem_pj74WrRcYFCkQH006XNlBg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a> or by using the P3 Tips app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>25-41688<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;192&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;235&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;] CLAYTON PARK: Officers with Halifax Regional Police (HRP) are investigating after a child was approached by a stranger while waiting at a school bus stop yesterday (March 27) morning in Clayton Park. On Thursday, March 27 at 8:13 a.m., a 10-year-old child was waiting for a school bus on Langbrae Drive. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[8071,8072,50,918,51,8073],"class_list":["post-54335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-child-abduction","tag-clayuton-park","tag-halifax","tag-halifax-regional-police","tag-hrp","tag-school-child"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}