WELLINGTON Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after a man approached a teenager at Lake Guyatt in Sale on Sunday afternoon (November 20).
[Update: Police confirmed to the Gippsland Times on November 28 that “no person has yet been identified or arrested” in relation to this incident. The investigation remains ongoing.]
Investigators are working through the circumstances of the incident and the investigation is ongoing.
The 13-year-old girl wasn’t physically injured during the incident, during which she was reportedly grabbed by the wrist by the perpetrator, who attempted to take her to his vehicle. The incident occurred after 3pm.
The ABC reported that police said the perpetrator is described as being an older Caucasian man, with a black beard, with board shorts, a white shirt and thongs. He reportedly was last seen driving a red or maroon-coloured vehicle. It may have been a station wagon.
Detectives are urging anyone who may have been in the vicinity of McIntosh Dr and or near the picnic benches between Lake Guthridge and Lake Guyatt on Sunday, November 20 around 3.15pm with information or dashcam to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
