Authorities in Polk and Jasper counties are investigating two reported incidents of strangers trying to pick up students outside schools.Parents in Des Moines told KCCI that they received an email from Des Moines Public Schools saying that a man tried to convince a middle school student to get into his vehicle near Moulton Elementary School.The school district said the vehicle was a black Range Rover with tinted windows and described the man as being heavyset with dark skin and a nearly-shaved head. The man appeared to be in his early 30s and had facial hair, according to the school district. Anyone with information in the incidents is asked to call the Des Moines Police Department at 515-283-4811.Meanwhile, Prairie City-Monroe Community School District administrators said in an email to the community that the incident happened Wednesday afternoon outside Monroe Elementary School.A woman and two men were in a silver car when they approached a female student. The people in the car told the girl that her parent asked them to pick her up and take her home from school.The driver of the car was a woman with red, bushy hair. The men were wearing T-shirts with cut-off sleeves.The incident was reported to the Monroe Police Department, which has been working with area law enforcement agencies to investigate the case.“Our first priority as a school district is the safety of our students,” administrators said, urging parents to speak with their children about “stranger danger” and the importance of making good choices and staying safe on their walk to and from school.

Authorities in Polk and Jasper counties are investigating two reported incidents of strangers trying to pick up students outside schools.

Parents in Des Moines told KCCI that they received an email from Des Moines Public Schools saying that a man tried to convince a middle school student to get into his vehicle near Moulton Elementary School.


The school district said the vehicle was a black Range Rover with tinted windows and described the man as being heavyset with dark skin and a nearly-shaved head.

The man appeared to be in his early 30s and had facial hair, according to the school district.

Anyone with information in the incidents is asked to call the Des Moines Police Department at 515-283-4811.

Meanwhile, Prairie City-Monroe Community School District administrators said in an email to the community that the incident happened Wednesday afternoon outside Monroe Elementary School.

A woman and two men were in a silver car when they approached a female student. The people in the car told the girl that her parent asked them to pick her up and take her home from school.

The driver of the car was a woman with red, bushy hair. The men were wearing T-shirts with cut-off sleeves.

The incident was reported to the Monroe Police Department, which has been working with area law enforcement agencies to investigate the case.

“Our first priority as a school district is the safety of our students,” administrators said, urging parents to speak with their children about “stranger danger” and the importance of making good choices and staying safe on their walk to and from school.



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