The postmaster of the Bangor post office has been arrested and sent to prison for allegedly trying to lure three young girls into his car on Tuesday, according to a police news release.

Gregory Schlegel

, 53, of the 500 block of Roberts Road in Bushkill Township, allegedly drove past a group of young girls several times in his black BMW, honking his horn and yelling until they stopped and then motioned for them to get into the car, police said.

The girls are 12, 13 and 17, and were walking about 4:10 p.m. in Downtown Bangor on South Main Street when the incident happened, police said.

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The girls reported the incident to police, and shortly around the same time police received another complaint of the similar activity. That report indicated Schlegel allegedly approached two other women, 28 and 34, asking if they had drugs, police said.

Court records say Schlegel initially approached Agnes Jennings, 34, several times in the first block of North Main Street, asking her if "she had any crack or dope." Jennings' boyfriend, Ryan Flyte, called police and approached Schlegel to ask him what he wanted.

Flyte told police that after the exchange he saw Schlegel drive up to the three young girls. After talking with the girls, records say Schlegel approached Frances Tullo, 28, on South Main Street and Broadway and asked her for drugs.

Police said they later found Schlegel's car behind the Bangor Post Office, in the 200 block of South First Street, and found Schlegel in his office, where they arrested him.

Police said Schlegel told them he was out checking collection boxes and approached several women looking for sex.

The 12-year-old girl told police she had made a similar report involving Schlegel in September.

Bangor police Chief Glen Kerrigan said Tuesday's incident was very similar in nature to the one that happened in September. He said police do not yet know if Schlegel was the man involved in the September incident, but they are hoping to make a positive identification in the next couple of days.

Schlegel was arraigned before District Judge Joseph Barner and charged with harassment and attempting to lure a child. He was sent to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail.

According to the United States Post Office Web site,

. He previously worked as the supervisor of the Palmer Township branch of the Easton Post Office and as officer-in-charge at the Nazareth Post Office.

Schlegel has previously been involved in coaching youth sports in the Nazareth area.

Court records say Schlegel was admitted to a first-time offenders’ program in June after Colonial Regional police charged him in November 2008 with drunken driving.