Deputies: Stranger tries to coax boy, 11, into vehicle in Orange County

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office are looking for a man who tried to coax a 11-year-old boy into his vehicle, investigators said.

The boy told deputies the incident happened at around 4 p.m. Friday near the corner of Crown Hill Boulevard and Hidden Forest Circle in Avalon Lakes, which is a gated neighborhood.

The boy told detectives that the man told him his father was at work and needed the suspect to pick him up, investigators said. The boy said he knew the man was lying because he knew his father was home.

The boy’s mother posted a safety alert to parents on a community Facebook page.

The man was described as a bald, white male in a small, bluish-green colored vehicle, the mother said.

Detectives said they’re working with the child to collect more details about the man and his car.

"I hope they catch him," resident Arthur Pettus said. "They have a few cameras, so they should see it one way or the other."

Property managers told Channel 9 that they gave detectives footage recorded by the surveillance cameras.

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