Coquitlam RCMP are hoping to identify a suspect in an attempted child luring incident on Tuesday.
Sometime between 3 and 4 p.m. on a 12-year-old girl was walking home from school when she was approached by a man in a white car in the area of Hickey Street and Austin Avenue in Coquitlam.
The man offered the girl an iPod or iPad if she would get into his car. The girl refused the offer and kept walking. The man attempted to follow her but got caught at a red light on Austin at Mariner Way.
The girl stuck to her route and eventually lost sight of the white car. She arrived home unharmed a short time later and immediately told her mother what happened.
"This girl did everything right," said Cpl. Jamie Chung. "She refused the man's offer, she stayed away from the car, she got home as quickly as she could and she told her mom right away. Thanks to her quick thinking and presence of mind, she is safe and our investigators got involved immediately."
The man is described as a Caucasian male between 35 and 40 years old with stubble on his face and balding with blondish brown hair on the sides.
The vehicle is described as a white four-door sedan with a grey "leathery" interior. It had some dirt on the exterior and garbage and clutter inside the car.
"At this point I can say our investigators have not found any reports of similar incidents so this incident does appear to be isolated," said Chung. "However, we do need public assistance to keep this investigation moving and to determine if there are any similar incidents that have not yet been reported."
Coquitlam RCMP's Sex Crimes Unit is asking anyone who may have information about the incident reported or similar incidents to call police at 604-945-1550 and quote file number 2015-9053.
Investigators are also asking Coquitlam residents to keep an eye out for the man and his vehicle.
Anyone who sees the man matching the description in a vehicle matching the description above is asked to call 911.