Crime & Safety
Stranger Offers Ride to Deerfield Teen
Youngster refuses ride after unknown driver makes suggestion.
An unknown adult offered a 13-year-old Deerfield resident a ride home from school at approximately 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the vicinity of Fairview Avenue and Hackberry Drive, according to Police Chief John Sliozis.
The teenager was walking in the area Thursday. “(A) female driver of a gray or silver vehicle, similar to a Jeep Wrangler, approached and asked if the (person) needed a ride home due to the weather,” Sliozis wrote in a communication to Deerfield Public Schools District 109.
The youngster refused the offer and the vehicle left the area. The driver did not leave the car or approach the teen.
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“The driver of the vehicle was described as a dark skinned, heavyset, female/white about thirty-five years of age,” Sliozis said in the communication.
Police will continue to investigate and attempt to learn the identity of the driver to determine her intent. Police presence in the area and at local schools will be increased.
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