Wednesday, January 16, 2013
A Facebook message that went viral Tuesday has incorrect information, according to police.
A Facebook post claiming that there's "a child predator on the loose" in Wyandotte is not true, Wyandotte Police Chief Daniel Grant said. Grant said his department has received many calls from concerned residents about a man allegedly trying to abduct children near Wyandotte schools. School Superintendent Carla Harting said her office has received calls, as well. "No students have reported an incident like the one mentioned," Harting said. "Just because it's on Facebook doesn't mean it's true." The Facebook message, which has been shared online more than 1,300 times since Tuesday, says: ATTENTION ANYONE WHO CURRENTLY RESIDES IN WYANDOTTE AND LINCOLN PARK THERE IS A CHILD PREDATOR ON THE LOOSE WE SHARED A STORY ABOUT IT ALREADY BUT WHEN WE…
Friday, November 2, 2012
The latest incident happened at about 8 a.m. Friday at Vinewood and 4th streets.
For the second time in less than two weeks, a man driving a small black four-door car and wearing a mask has approached Wyandotte students as they walked to school in the morning, according to a letter emailed to parents by the school district. The latest incident is said to have occurred at about 8 a.m. Friday when a fifth-grade boy said he was approached by the man at Vinewood and 4th streets as he walked to Garfield Elementary School. The boy ran to school and immediately went to the office, where Wyandotte police were called. "We take every one of these cases very seriously and always put the safety of our students first," school Superintendent Carla Harting said. Friday's incident comes on the heels of an Oct. 22 incident in which …
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Vinewood St & 4th St, Wyandotte, MI
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Monday, October 22, 2012
The incident happened between 6:30 and 6:45 a.m. Monday on Goddard in Lincoln Park.
A man driving a small black four-door car and wearing a mask approached three Wilson Middle School students as they walked to school Monday morning, according to a letter emailed to parents. The incident happened between 6:30 and 6:45 a.m. near the Indian Village Apartments on Goddard, between Fort and 15th streets in Lincoln Park, according to the letter from Principal Jason Krajewski. "The man asked the students to come over to him, to which they replied 'no,'" the letter said. "The students ran the rest of the way to school. ... When the students arrived at school and reported the incident, the police were called." Krajewski urges parents to use this incident to stress the importance of stranger danger. "Please take time to speak with …
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Wilson Middle School
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Patricia
4:04 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013
I disagree! My children attend an Elementary school in Wyandotte and I have received two different letters stating a predator had attempted to abduct a young boy. My mother was there to pick my children up and spoke with the aunt of the little boy. The child was a safety (who walked) to school everyday, when he arrived to his post a man with a mask pulled up and told him to get in the car. The … more ›