Police are appealing for information after a suspicious vehicle was allegedly seen following a child on their push bike in Goulburn this morning.<\/p>\n
Shortly before 8.30am (Friday 24 April 2015), a nine-year-old boy was riding his bike to school along Kinghorne Street, when he saw a vehicle driving slowly behind him.<\/p>\n
Officers from The Hume Local Area Command have been told the vehicle followed the boy as he continued through a number of streets, until he reached the school grounds, where it drove away toward the next intersection.<\/p>\n
The driver did not approach the boy or attempt to speak with him.<\/p>\n
The boy reported the incident to his principal, who promptly contacted police.<\/p>\n
Police are continuing their inquiries into the matter and would now like to speak with a man who may be able to assist with their investigation.<\/p>\n
The man is described as being about 40-50 years of age, medium build, brown\/grey-coloured hair and he was last seen wearing a brown-coloured shirt.<\/p>\n
The vehicle involved has been described as a large dark-coloured sedan.<\/p>\n
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or has any information that could assist police, is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the incident has again prompted police to encourage parents to discuss the \u2018Safe People, Safe Places\u2019 messages with their children, including;<\/p>\n
– Make sure your parents or another adult you know knows where you are at all times.<\/p>\n
– Always walk straight home or to the place you are walking to. Walk near busier roads and streets, or use paths where there are lots of other people.<\/p>\n
– Know where safe places are \u2013 a shop, service station, police station, library or school. If you are ever frightened, you should go to one of these places and ask them to call the police.<\/p>\n
– Learn about safe adults you can look for and talk to if you need help \u2013 police officers, teachers at school, adults you know and trust.<\/p>\n
– Don\u2019t talk to people you don\u2019t know and never get into a car with someone you don\u2019t know. If a car stops on the side of the road and you don\u2019t know the person inside, do not stop.<\/p>\n
– If you are scared and can use a phone, call 000 and tell them you are scared.<\/p>\n
– If someone tries to grab you, yell out, \u2018Go away, I don\u2019t know you\u2019. This lets other people know you have been approached by someone you don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au\/ Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police are appealing for information after a suspicious vehicle was allegedly seen following a child on their push bike in Goulburn this morning. Shortly before 8.30am (Friday 24 April 2015), a nine-year-old boy was riding his bike to school along Kinghorne Street, when he saw a vehicle driving slowly behind him. Officers from The Hume … Continue reading “Police appeal for information regarding suspicious vehicle – Goulburn”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hume"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}