Parsippany police looking for driver who approached girl

PARSIPPANY – Police are investigating an unusual incident in which a man in an SUV tried to talk to a young girl on her way to school, police said.

At 8:43 a.m. on Thursday, Parsippany Police Department dispatchers were contacted by the mother of an 11-year-old girl who wanted to report a suspicious incident on Hawkins Avenue, police said.

The mother and the girl told police that that a silver SUV, possibly a Lincoln Navigator with white stickers on the back, drove up next to the juvenile and attempted to engage her in conversation while she was walking on the shoulder of Hawkins Avenue at approximately 8:25 a.m., police said.

The juvenile ignored the man’s attempts to speak to her at which time he turned onto a side street and left the area. The juvenile continued to the bus stop and boarded the school bus without incident, police said.

The man driving the SUV was described as a white male in his mid to late 30’s with short brown hair, short brown beard and wearing a white T-shirt.

“It should be noted at no time did the male attempt to get the juvenile into his vehicle or allude to what his reasons were to speak to the juvenile female,” police said in a release about the incident..

This incident is under investigation by the Parsippany Police Departments Investigative Division. If you know who the vehicle belongs too, saw this vehicle or incident, or are the driver of the vehicle, police would like to speak to you. Contact the Parsippany Police Department Investigative Division at 973-263-4311.