ADVISORY: 12 year old boy ignores possible abduction attempt

DENNIS POLICE PRESS RELEASE:  At approximately 2:50pm on Tuesday afternoon January 22, 2008, a 7^TH  grade student (Nathaniel H. Wixon Middle School) was approached by two men in a vehicle, while walking home from the bus stop.

The incident occurred in the Sesuit Neck area of East Dennis shortly after the student, walking alone, had been dropped off by the school bus.

The vehicle, described by the student as an older model 4 door sedan, possibly a Nissan, dark brown or black in color.

The vehicle had pulled alongside the student as he walked along the roadway and the passenger asked him to get into the vehicle to show him his cell phone, which the student had been carrying in his hand.  The student ignored the passenger’s request and kept walking.

The vehicle then continued on and a short distance away turned around, driving past the student, and was last seen headed in the direction of Route 6A. 

The passenger was described as a light skinned black male who appeared to be in his early –mid 40’s, close cropped black hair, unshaven and wearing wire framed glasses.  SEE  COMPOSITE [ABOVE]

The driver was described as a light skinned male.

No physical contact occurred between the occupants of the vehicle and the student.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Dennis Police Department at 508-394-1315.

(Press release prepared by Captain William Monahan, DPD)