Wilsonville Spokesman Online

Child predator report is likely no cause for concern, police say

• By: Amanda Newman  
• Published: 12/1/2009 2:12:12 PM

E-mails circulating throughout the Wilsonville area over the last week have raised concerns about a possible child predator in the Meadows Loop area. But according to the Wilsonville Police Department, the fears are ungrounded -- it was likely an isolated incident.
 
“I wouldn’t say anyone’s ‘preying on boys,’” Det. Jeff Green of the Wilsonville police department said in response to the concerns of parents throughout the area. “It sounds like it’s an isolated, one-time incident.”
 
Green confirmed that the department had received a report of a man in a car talking to boys on Meadows Loop, but said that was all police know about the incident.
 
The Wilsonville Spokesman received a letter to the editor this week from a Wilsonville man who said his two sons were walking across Meadows Loop to their mailbox around 11 a.m. Nov. 24 when a man in a parked vehicle pulled up to talk to them. The man said he would give them a rabbit if they came to his house down the street. The boys declined and began to walk away, but the man continued to question and talk to them before driving off.
 
The father said he reported the incident to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office (Wilsonville police). He described the vehicle as a large, four-door car, such as a 1970s Monte-Carlo, with faded light blue paint and dents in the body. The driver, he said, was in his late 60s with a bald head and some grey hair.
 
An e-mail circulating throughout town this week relayed similar information and encouraged parents to discuss with their children what to do if approached by a stranger.
 
“I think it’s just parent paranoia running rampant,” Green said. Still, he added, the school resource officer is looking into the incident.
 
Any suspicious activity should be reported to the Wilsonville police at 503-682-1012.
 

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