Halifax Police seek man who tried to lure girl into car

BEDFORD, N.S. – Halifax Regional Police are searching for a suspect who tried to coax an 11-year-old girl into his car in Bedford.

The girl told police she was walking through a parking lot near Southgate Dr. and Larry Uteck Blvd. around 11:45 a.m. yesterday when a man in a grey sedan drove up to her and motioned for her to come over to his car.

The girl continued to walk through the parking lot and crossed the street.

The suspect then pulled up to her a second time, spoke to her and gestured for her to approach his vehicle.

She then ran away and called police.

The driver is described as a white man between the ages of 25 and 30 years old with shaggy, curly brown hair and was wearing a brown coat.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact them or Crime Stoppers.

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