Police investigating report of suspicious man offering ride to teen

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NAUGATUCK — Police are investigating a report of a suspicious man who asked a teenage girl to go for a ride with him.

The incident played out Thursday afternoon around the 500 block of North Church Street near Bradbury Street, according to police. A 15-year-old girl told police she went to get something in a car in the driveway of her home at about 2:15 p.m. when a Hispanic man pulled up in front of the driveway and called to her. The teen told police the man asked her to “come into the vehicle and go for a ride with him over the bridge.”

Panicked, the teen ran into her house and told a family member who called police, according to police.

The teen described the man as a Latin male in his mid-30s, with short black hair and no facial hair. She also told police she saw what she believed to be a small child in the passenger seat.

The teen described the car as a newer-style, four-door, black car that “appeared to be clean looking.”

Police asked anyone with information regarding this incident or the driver of the car to contact the Naugatuck Police Department at 203-729-5221 or the department’s confidential tip line at 203-720-1010.