Police have issued a public safety alert after an unknown man attempted to lure a nine-year-old boy into a vehicle in Brooklin on Tuesday.
The boy on his way home from school in the Carnwith Drive and Cachet Boulevard area was approached by a man at around 3 p.m.
Police say that the man offered the child a ride home and then when he refused the man said he would give the child money go get into his vehicle.
The boy ran home, informed his father and the father informed Police, but by the time the Police came the man fled.
The suspect is described as a white male, about 65 years old with grey hair and a full white beard.
The suspect vehicle is described as a four-door grey or silver vehicle.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Const. Sullivan of the Central West Criminal Investigations Bureau at 1 (888) 579-1520 ext. 1847.