Overview
- An 8-year-old girl riding her bike on Rosemary Lane was approached by a man posing as a door-to-door salesperson who asked her to come into nearby woods with a promise of a “surprise.”
- The girl’s father intervened and the suspect fled the scene on a Segway-type vehicle, last seen near Old US-23 and Alger Drive in Brighton Township.
- Police describe the suspect as white or possibly Hispanic, wearing blue shorts, a black polo, a light green baseball cap, and an ID badge for a pest control company.
- Troopers and detectives are canvassing the neighborhood for surveillance footage and eyewitness accounts and have asked anyone with information to contact the MSP Brighton Post at 810-227-1051.
- The incident highlights a pattern of adults posing as service workers to approach children and underscores the role of quick parental action and neighborhood vigilance in preventing harm.