Teen Girl Fights Off Abduction Attempt: Cops

Police say the 15-year-old girl struck the suspect in the face with an object, causing him to run away.

Police are searching for a man who they say attempted to abduct a teenage girl in Chester.

It happened on January 16 around 1 p.m. at the corner of Houston and Elkington Avenue. Police say a 15-year-old student left her school bus when a man began to follow her. Police say the man ordered her twice to come towards him. He then began to chase after the girl when she struck him in the face with an object, causing him to run away, according to investigators.

The suspect is described as a black male between 30 to 40 years old, standing 6-feet-tall with a stocky build and dark complexion. If you have any information on the identity of the suspect, please call Officer John Kuryan at 610-447-8447.

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