LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department is asking for the community’s help in locating a male subject who attempted to abduct a woman in downtown Lakeport on Tuesday afternoon.
The agency said that at approximately 4 p.m. Tuesday Lakeport Police officers were dispatched to contact a 26-year-old female who reported the incident.
The woman told officers that a male subject approached her at the end of Fourth Street near Library Park at about 3:15 p.m. and offered her money for sex, police said.
The female reported that she said no and the male then grabbed her by the arm and attempted to pull her into his vehicle. Police said the woman reported that she broke free from the man’s hold and he then fled in the vehicle.
The vehicle is described as a shiny red Lexus sedan with gold badging bearing a unknown state license plate, white with black lettering, first three letters EYU.
The driver is described as a black male adult, in his mid 50s, 6 feet in height and weighing 225 pounds, with short curly salt and pepper-colored hair. He is clean shaven and wearing a black short-sleeved shirt, black jeans, and black and grey shoes.
The investigation is ongoing and police are asking that anyone who may have seen anything or who may have information on the man or his vehicle contact the Lakeport Police Department at 707-263-5491, send an anonymous message from your cellular telephone by texting the words TIP LAKEPORT followed by your message to 888777 or send a private message on Facebook @LakeportPolice.
Lakeport Police Department seeks public assistance on attempted abduction
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