Police are investigating another series of reported child abduction attempts in Reading.
The latest happened Monday as a fifth grade student at Riverside Elementary School was walking home along Centre Avenue with her sibling after an early dismissal.
The student told officials she was near the the Children's Home of Reading at Centre Avenue and Spring Street when a man driving a green Dodge Durango SUV pulled up, rolled down his window and asked her to get in his car, according to an alert on the school district's website.
The student and her sibling began to run home, officials said.
The man then ran the red light at Centre Avenue and Spring Street as he fled, officials said.
A green SUV was also reported to be involved in an abduction attempt at Lancaster and Hoover avenues last Wednesday morning.
A Southwest Middle School student said she was waiting on the corner for her school bus when the driver stopped and asked if she wanted a ride. The man fled when the school bus approached, police said.
Reading police have since boosted their patrols around school bus stops, but the city has not been immune to the attempted abduction reports.
Other incidents have been reported in Wyomissing and in Bern, Exeter and Spring townships.
Berks County Sheriff Eric Weaknecht and one of his deputies have recorded video safety messages in English and Spanish.
Anyone with information that can help police with their investigation of the latest incidents is asked to call Crime Alert Berks County at 877-373-9913.
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