by Marty Trese, KnoxPages.com editor
UPDATE: “Suspect” says he was trying to be a good Samaritan. MVPD Interim Chief George Hartz said the MVPD had a report of a car matching the description given out earlier in the week but the responding officers were unable to locate the vehicle.
They did get a license plate number from that vehicle. The same person was in the area at East School Friday morning. Hartz said, “Our officers contacted him and he confirmed that he was the one who offered the boys a ride. He insisted that he was only being a good Samaritan and offering the boys rides because of the cold temperatures. In any case, he was advised that such behavior is suspicious at a minimum and that he is not to do it again.”
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MOUNT VERNON — For the second time this week, Mount Vernon Police have been contacted about an incident near the bus stop at East school. Interim Chief George Hartz says the second incident occured this morning and more information about that will be released later today.
On Wednesday, the mother of a 12-year-old boy reported that a man operating a black Jeep approached her son in the area of East School on East Vine Street. The suspect attempted to entice her son into his vehicle for a ride to school.
A report has been forwarded to the Knox County Sheriff’s Department Sex Offender Bureau for review.
The suspect is described as white, age 50-60, some baldness and short hair on the side, wearing black dress shoes, dress shirt and pants.
