A man tried to abduct a child mowing a lawn Wednesday in west suburban Wheaton.

The boy was mowing the front lawn of his home about 11:45 a.m. in the 200 block of South Pierce Avenue when a man pulled up in a black SUV and approached him, Wheaton police said in a statement.

The man asked the boy to mow his own lawn and invited him in his vehicle, police said. The man left alone after the boy said a parent would have to drive him, police said.

The man was in his 40s, unshaven and had an average build and medium length black hair, police said. He was wearing a gray and white hooded sweatshirt. The SUV he was driving had black rims and tinted windows.

Police said the incident does not appear connected to a January attempted child abduction in the 300 block of South Pierce.

Anyone with information is asked to call Wheaton Police Lieutenant Bill Cooley at 630-260-2077.

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