Police searching for child-luring suspect in Redmond

Redmond police are searching for a man suspected of child luring at Redmond Town Center on Sunday.

Redmond police are searching for a man suspected of child luring at Redmond Town Center on Sunday.

According to a Redmond Police Department press release, at approximately 4:30 p.m., an 11-year-old female was approached by the man depicted in the accompanying sketch at Redmond Town Center.

The girl was sitting on the bench in front of Bath and Body Works, waiting for her older sister who was inside a store, the release states. The man asked several times for her to get into his vehicle, offered to drive her around, told her she could turn on the music in his car and offered her water.

The man left in a late 90s, grey, four-door, F-150 pick up with a “Ford” sticker on the rear passenger window after the girl said she was calling police. No weapons were seen or implied and he did not physically touch the girl.

The man was described as a white male, approximately 40 years of age, 5-foot-9 with a thin build. He had dirty blonde hair, which was slightly balding or thinning, goatee facial hair and bushy eyebrows. The man was wearing a white T-shirt that had some stains, khaki cargo shorts and dirty old white shoes. He had a non-descript tattoo on his left middle outer/distal shin. The girl also said he smelled of cigarettes.

If anyone believes they know the man or have any information that may help police, call (425) 556-2500 and ask for detective Jesse Bollerud.

Police ask parents, if they haven’t already, to talk to their kids about their personal safety and stranger danger. For tips, click here.