PLAINFIELD, Ill. (STNG) -- Plainfield police are investigating after a man driving a red pickup attempted to kidnap a 7-year-old boy in a southwest suburban subdivision Wednesday afternoon.
The boy was in the 24000 block of Nottingham Drive in the Kensington Club Subdivision in Plainfield about 1:14 p.m. Wednesday when the suspect grabbed him by his arm and tried to pull him into his vehicle, according to a release from Plainfield police.
The boy told police he was able to pull away from the man and run back to a nearby home.
The suspect is described as a white man in his 40s, about 6-foot-1 and 180 pounds. He is balding on top of his head and had longer hair on the sides of his head. He was driving an extended cab red pickupwith a cap covering the bed, the release said. The make and model are not known.
Police are investigating the incident as an attempted kidnapping.
Anyone with information should call Plainfield police at (815) 439-7658.
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