Police are looking for the driver of a van who they said approached two boys at a bus stop in Naugatuck Monday morning, offered them candy and told them they could get into the van to go get it.
Police said they responded to the area of New Street and Hillside Avenue just before 8 a.m. after receiving a report of a suspicious vehicle approaching two boys who were waiting at a bus stop.
One of the boys told them a blue “work style” van with tinted windows that was going west on New Street approached them and he heard what he thought was a deep male voice from inside the driver side of the van ask them if they “wanted candy.” If they did, they could “get into the van and he would bring them to it,” he said, according to police.
The boy could not see the driver because the tinted windows were only partially open.
Both boys fled and immediately reported the incident, police said.
They told police they thought the van had turned north onto Hillside Avenue and Naugatuck police searched the area but did not find the van.
Naugatuck Police are investigating and ask anyone with any information about this incident to call the Naugatuck Police Department at 203-729-5221 or the NPD Confidential Tip Line at 203-720-1010.
They are also urging parents and students to be alert and proactive when students are traveling to and from bus stops and to immediately report any suspicious activity to the Naugatuck Police.
