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Suspect offers 8-year-old boy candy bar and follows him
Posted: 02.01.2013 at 9:59 PM
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An 8-year-old boy says he was walking home from the bus stop when someone offered him a candy bar and followed him.  / upnorthlive.com photo
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WEXFORD CO. -- The Cadillac Police Department is investigating what they're calling a suspicious incident involving an 8-year-old boy. 

It happened on around 4:20 p.m. on Friday afternoon in the Pheasant Ridge Estates.

An 8-year-old boy was walking home from the school bus stop when he says someone pulled up next to him in a gray mid-size car and offered him a candy bar.  The boy said he declined the candy bar and kept walking.  The suspect followed the boy for a short distance and then left the area.

There was no physical attempt to abduct or harm the boy.  There is no description of the suspect at this point.

If you have any information you're being asked to call the Cadillac Police Department at 231-775-3491 or Silent Observer at 231-775-9215.

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