Essex police are asking for the community's help Thursday after reports that a driver tried to lure a teen into his car.Watch story here.Police said the attempted luring happened on Mansfield Avenue in Essex Junction around 8 p.m. Wednesday. The incident happened near the Maple Street intersection.The 13-year-old boy told police he was walking home when a man in a blue truck approached him and asked him to get into his car. The teen refused and ran off, according to police. The teen told investigators the driver left immediately. Investigators said the truck was a dark blue Toyota with a cap covering the bed. The windows were slightly tinted.The driver was described as wearing a black baseball hat.Neighbor James Pettingill said with three children, it's alarming.“I have kids that age. It concerns me that a lot of our kids are walking up and down the street here. It seems like a great safe neighborhood and then to hear that, it just really jolts you back into reality that there are a lot of crazy people there,” Pettingill said.He said it's a good reminder to talk to kids about strangers.“We do have conversations, but typically, when something happens is when you bring it up. You know, you're always telling your kids be leery of cars pulling over. If somebody tells you, ‘It's an emergency. Your parents gave me a call,’ you have to know them,” Pettingill said.Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex Police Department at 802-878-8331.

Essex police are asking for the community's help Thursday after reports that a driver tried to lure a teen into his car.

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Police said the attempted luring happened on Mansfield Avenue in Essex Junction around 8 p.m. Wednesday. The incident happened near the Maple Street intersection.

The 13-year-old boy told police he was walking home when a man in a blue truck approached him and asked him to get into his car. The teen refused and ran off, according to police.

The teen told investigators the driver left immediately.

Investigators said the truck was a dark blue Toyota with a cap covering the bed. The windows were slightly tinted.



The driver was described as wearing a black baseball hat.

Neighbor James Pettingill said with three children, it's alarming.

“I have kids that age. It concerns me that a lot of our kids are walking up and down the street here. It seems like a great safe neighborhood and then to hear that, it just really jolts you back into reality that there are a lot of crazy people there,” Pettingill said.

He said it's a good reminder to talk to kids about strangers.

“We do have conversations, but typically, when something happens is when you bring it up. You know, you're always telling your kids be leery of cars pulling over. If somebody tells you, ‘It's an emergency. Your parents gave me a call,’ you have to know them,” Pettingill said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex Police Department at 802-878-8331.