Alleged child luring incident in Rogers Park unfounded: CPD

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police issued an alert Tuesday, after an alleged child luring incident on the city's North Side.

CPD said a man in a white van approached the child in the 7000-block of North Ridge Boulevard in Rogers Park about 7:40 a.m. Tuesday.

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Police said the man tried to lure the child into the van. When the child refused, the suspect parked the van, got out and began following the child, police said.

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CPD described the suspect as a man between 30 and 40, about 6-feet tall and wearing blue jeans and a black and red short-sleeved shirt.

He drove a white minivan with spray paint on the front passenger side, police said.

After further investigation, Area Three detectives determined the incident was unfounded.

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