The Seaside Park Police Department is actively investigating a report of an attempted luring of a 16-year-old boy. It was relayed that last night around 9:45 p.m., while the teenager was riding his bike north on South Bayview Avenue near 20th Avenue, a man driving a black Jeep Liberty pulled alongside of him and yelled for him to “come here, come here”. He shouted “No” to the driver and continued to ride his bike northbound to which the driver responded by stating “I’m going to follow you”. The teenager continued northbound on South Bayview Avenue and then made a right traveling east on 12th Avenue with the car still following behind him. Teenager stated he then made a left onto Barnegat Avenue and once he reached the intersection of Barnegat and 8th Avenue that the vehicle was no longer behind him.

The driver is described as a bald, white male in his mid-fifties wearing glasses with no facial hair. The vehicle is described as a black Jeep Liberty with no front plate visible. If you have any information please contact Detective AJ Mantz of the Seaside Park Police Department at 732-793-7737 x247.