Police Investigate Child Luring Incidents in NJ

Police are investigating two child luring incidents in South Jersey.

Investigators say a man in his 60s with gray hair driving a dark Volvo approached three boys on Manor Drive in Oaklyn, New Jersey back on January 16. When the boys walked away the man then drove off, according to officials.

Police believe the same man then approached two boys walking on Peter Hurd Way in Evesham Township about an hour later. A neighbor’s home surveillance video shows the boys walking home on the sidewalk. The suspect's Volvo then backs up and the man begins speaking to the children.

“Once the vehicle saw two children they say that the vehicle stopped at which time the driver, the male, asked the children if they would like any candy,” said Evesham Township Police Lieutenant Joe Friel. “The children knew something was definitely wrong. A really heads up move by the older child, 11-years-old. [He] pulls out his cellphone and pretends that he’s calling the police. He tells them, ‘I’m calling the police,' puts his phone to his ear and the vehicle drives away.”

Both Oaklyn and Evesham Police are investigating the incidents.

“We’ll be doing everything we can to try to maybe track this vehicle from Evesham, Oaklyn and between that time frame, maybe a highway camera, an E-ZPass,” Lieutenant Friel said.

While police believe the same man was involved in both luring incidents they also say he had different passengers. During the incident in Oaklyn, an older woman was with him while a young woman with blonde hair who appeared to be in her teens was with him during the incident in Evesham, according to witnesses.