Police Investigating Man Who Tried to Pick Up Boy Outside Arena

The Guelph Police Service is investigating after a young boy was approached by a man who tried to get him into his vehicle outside an arena this week.

Approximately 3:30 p.m. Monday the 11-year-old was sitting alone outside the West End Community Centre when a pickup truck stopped nearby. The driver exited the truck and approached the boy. He claimed to know the boy’s mother and said she had asked him to pick the boy up because he was at the wrong arena.

The boy refused to go with the man and he left the area. He was described as a white man with a pale face, approximately 60 years, 5’9” with an average build and red or brown hair, a beard and freckles. He was wearing a maroon T-shirt and blue shorts and driving a white Chevrolet pickup with rust around the rear wheels and possibly a dent on the passenger door.

Anyone with information is asked to call Constable Justin Garbutt at 519-824-1212, ext. 7596, email jgarbutt@guelphpolice.ca, leave an anonymous message for Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or leave an anonymous tip online at www.csgw.tips.