Police: Suspicious person approaches girl walking to Arlington Heights school
A student on her way to Ivy Hill Elementary School in Arlington Heights Tuesday morning was approached by a suspicious person in a vehicle, police said.
The girl was walking on Valley Lane near Burke Drive about 8:30 a.m. when a man in a black car drove by and asked if she wanted food, and told her to get in his car.
The victim refused, and the suspect drove off, headed east on Valley, authorities said in a community alert.
The suspect was described by police as a black man wearing a black baseball hat and black sweatshirt.