By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Friday, May 10, 1991
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Police in the borough and Hasbrouck Heights are searching for a suspect in the attempted abductions of a Lodi teenager a month ago and of a Rutherford teen on Sunday.
Although descriptions of vehicles used in the incidents are different, descriptions of the suspects are so similar police believe the same man was responsible for both, Rutherford Police Lt. Steven Nienstedt said.
The Hasbrouck Heights incident happened about 2 p.m., April 2, at the intersection of Boulevard and Baldwin avenues, said Hasbrouck Heights Detective Bill Castiglione. The victim, a 16-year-old Lodi girl, reported that a man approached her as she walked along Boulevard Avenue. The man then had “sexual contact” with the girl and tried to abduct her, Castiglione said.
The suspect was described as a 25- to 35-year-old Hispanic male, driving a black, midsize car, possibly with four doors.
Rutherford police said a man fitting that description grabbed a 17-year-old borough girl by the arms on Orient Way at Winslow Place about 9:40 p.m. Sunday. The suspect, said to be about 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighing about 120 pounds, with dark complexion and short brown hair, spoke Spanish to the girl before grabbing her. He then fled in a “newer-model” pickup truck. The truck had a white cap with windows and a dark-color stripe on the side.
A second suspect was seen standing near the truck during the Rutherford incident, Nienstedt said. Anyone with information on either incident should call Rutherford police at 939-6000, or Hasbrouck Heights police at 288-1000.
Keywords: RUTHERFORD; HASBROUCK HEIGHTS; CHILD; KIDNAPPING; PROBE; POLICE
Caption: DRAWING – Police composite.
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