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Possible abductor sought

Carlisle Police Officer Mike Kiskaden is asking that parents of school children watch them closely as the board and disembark from school buses following a disturbing incident that occurred Friday afternoon in Carlisle.

Kiskaden reports to The Mercury that two young female students were approached by an older man Friday after they unloaded from a school bus, and in two separate incidents each child was asked to get in the man’s car.

“The incident occurred on School Street,” Kiskaden said. “The man is described as being older and driving a white, four-door Ford car, possibly an LTD model.”

Kiskaden described the man’s appearance as “having gray hair and wearing glasses.”

“I’m very concerned about this,” Kiskaden said.

According to Kiskaden, the man in the white Ford approached a young girl and asked her if ‘she needed a ride.’ The girl replied ‘no, I just live right here,’ and then ran inside her home. The white Ford then approached a second young girl and asked the same question and received the same response, according to Kiskaden.

School Resource Officer, Nicholas County Deputy Sheriff Bennie Buckler, is assisting Officer Kiskaden with the ongoing investigation.

Buckler has released the following information for Elementary and Middle School teachers and staff to help prevent a tragedy.

“Make sure parent pick ups are by approved person.

Check bus notes for authorization if you question them.

Make all visitors without a visitors pass go to the office and get one, even if you have to escort them to Pat Hamm.

Keep your eyes open while outside the building and monitor the playgrounds closely and the areas around the play ground.

Report unusual behavior immediately to me. I don’t care if it turns out to be nothing I would rather you told me to check something out than someone get hurt.

Take the radios out to the playground!!! The time it takes for a teacher to run in here is more time that a perpetrator will have to hurt a child. Do not rely on cell phones; sometimes the phone lines are busy here.

Please if you see a car or man matching the description giving above call me at once.

I know that each and every staff member in the Nicholas County School District is top notch and will do their best to protect our students but it only takes a few seconds for tragedy to strike. We must work together to protect our students.”

The incidents on School Street come on the heels of a similar incident at Paris Middle School, which is causing a mounting concern among school and law enforcement personnel.

Paris police officers say an elderly gentleman approached a Middle School student Aug. 20 and offered the student money to leave with him.