The search is on for the person wanted in a possible attempted child abduction in Warrington, in Bucks County, according to officials.
The young boy's parents told NBC10 that they are trying to get answers after their son reported that someone tried to abduct him while he was riding his bicycle.
Neighbors say they are on edge and some won't let their kids play outside alone until this suspect is caught.
"It’s frightening. It’s really just very frightening," Warrington resident Rosemary Hillman said.
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Investigators said that the incident was reported around 3:15 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 9 about a man wearing a mask and gloves.
The parents of the boy said that their son told them he stopped riding his bike to adjust a tennis ball in his spokes when a vehicle stopped too just a few feet away from him.
He told them the man approached him quickly and grabbed his arm, but he was able to break free.
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Police in Warrington Township are asking anyone who lives near Continental Drive and Liberty Lane to check their security cameras for an older model white pick-up truck.
The truck reportedly has rust over the rear tires and damage to the front passenger side bumper, police said. It could have been a Chevy.
"Didn’t expect anything to go on around here. But you just never know, I guess," neighbor Scott Hull said. He was home as officers canvassed his street and knocked on doors searching for information.
No one was hurt, and the child returned home to their parents immediately after the incident, officials said.
If you have any information or captured the person or vehicle on your security cameras, please contact Detective Bernard Schaffer of the Criminal Investigative Division by sending an email to bschaffer@warringtonpd.org or by calling 215-343-3311 ext. 222.
