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Parents and neighbors in Anderson Township are uneasy tonight after learning their is a second suspect in a child luring scheme from last week. Police and neighbors say a black SUV was seen in multiple neighborhoods asking children alone if they wanted candy. Since then that juvenile turned himself in but will not face criminal charges. Rachel Denney is one of the many parents up in arms as to why a stranger driving around the neighborhood speaking to children alone will not be charged.Denney said she is talking to investigators on Monday. The main question she wants to know is, ‘Why did he think this was okay?’ and ‘What were his true intentions?’ “It’s bad enough that there’s one, now there’s two,” Kenzie Tyler said. Tyler and Denney are among the dozens of Anderson Township residents still on edge after this weeks traumatic experience.”Even just the day to day they have a little bit of freedom, and they don’t have that right now,” Denney said.Her son was approached by that black SUV and asked if he wanted a mint. Declining, he ran away. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office says the juvenile in that car turned himself in on Friday, and will not face criminal charges. Denney and other community members are confused as to why not. “That was it, that was all. It was just a joke and that he didn’t mean to scare anyone or cause any harm,” she said. “When he saw that he was scared why didn’t he come to the door? Why didn’t he come and knock on the door and let us know, hey I didn’t mean to scare your son.”Just a few blocks away, Tyler learned from police that the man she saw watching her cousins on the hill is a different suspect. “Definitely a grown man — 6 foot, 3 (inches) — the description I had on my Facebook post,” she said. He’s described as tall, with short brown hair and is heavy set. That day, he was said to be wearing khakis and a flannel shirt. A neighbor off camera says once spotted he headed up a hill and got in a car. Tonight neighbors sending a strong message.”Stay out of our neighborhood, not even just ours but everybodys. If you had kids would you want someone strange to approach them and potentially take them away and never see them again? You kind of have to question what morals this person has, if any at all,” Tyler said. As of now, that other suspect has not been found by police, and that is an ongoing investigation. Denney said, with Halloween around the corner, she urges parents and kids to stay alert.
Parents and neighbors in Anderson Township are uneasy tonight after learning their is a second suspect in a child luring scheme from last week.
Police and neighbors say a black SUV was seen in multiple neighborhoods asking children alone if they wanted candy. Since then that juvenile turned himself in but will not face criminal charges.
Rachel Denney is one of the many parents up in arms as to why a stranger driving around the neighborhood speaking to children alone will not be charged.
Denney said she is talking to investigators on Monday. The main question she wants to know is, ‘Why did he think this was okay?’ and ‘What were his true intentions?’
“It’s bad enough that there’s one, now there’s two,” Kenzie Tyler said.
Tyler and Denney are among the dozens of Anderson Township residents still on edge after this weeks traumatic experience.
“Even just the day to day they have a little bit of freedom, and they don’t have that right now,” Denney said.
Her son was approached by that black SUV and asked if he wanted a mint. Declining, he ran away.
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office says the juvenile in that car turned himself in on Friday, and will not face criminal charges. Denney and other community members are confused as to why not.
“That was it, that was all. It was just a joke and that he didn’t mean to scare anyone or cause any harm,” she said. “When he saw that he was scared why didn’t he come to the door? Why didn’t he come and knock on the door and let us know, hey I didn’t mean to scare your son.”
Just a few blocks away, Tyler learned from police that the man she saw watching her cousins on the hill is a different suspect.
“Definitely a grown man — 6 foot, 3 (inches) — the description I had on my Facebook post,” she said.
He’s described as tall, with short brown hair and is heavy set. That day, he was said to be wearing khakis and a flannel shirt. A neighbor off camera says once spotted he headed up a hill and got in a car.
Tonight neighbors sending a strong message.
“Stay out of our neighborhood, not even just ours but everybodys. If you had kids would you want someone strange to approach them and potentially take them away and never see them again? You kind of have to question what morals this person has, if any at all,” Tyler said.
As of now, that other suspect has not been found by police, and that is an ongoing investigation.
Denney said, with Halloween around the corner, she urges parents and kids to stay alert.
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