Crime & Safety

Man Tries to Lure Girls Into Car in Elmhurst

The girls ran off but the predator remains at large.

A man tried luring girls into his car, the Elmhurst police said.

An unspecified number of girls was walking down the middle of York Street near Columbia Avenue when a vehicle pulled up and the driver said, "Please girls could you get in the car?" according to police.

The girls ran off.

Officers spoke with people in the neighborhood but said they came up with no further information, police said.

Police said the driver was a Hispanic man with black hair, protruding teeth and black spots on his face. He was driving an older model, four-door forest green car.

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