When the man said, 'Get in the car,' the child ran home.
A man tried to lure a 9-year-old child into a small gray or silver car about 7:15 p.m. Monday on Messenger Lane in Raritan Township, police report.The child had ridden an electric scooter to the cul-de-sac when a car approached and a man rolled down the window and said hello. Then, in a more menacing voice, the man told the child "Get in the car," according to the child who ran home.
The Raritan Township Police Department is asking anyone who sees a suspicious vehicle near Messenger Lane to call police at 908-782-8889.