Men Used Medical Emergency to Try to Lure Boy: Police

The driver said to the boy, “My mom is having a heart attack. Can you get in the back?”

Two men tried to lure a boy into a vehicle Wednesday afternoon in the Logan Square neighborhood by claiming the driver's mother was having a medical emergency, police said.

The boy, described only as a juvenile, was in the 2800 block of West Belden when two males in a white pickup truck drove up, according to a community alert from Area North detectives. The driver said to the boy, “My mom is having a heart attack. Can you get in the back?”

When the boy said he was calling the police, the vehicle drove off east on Belden, then south on Milwaukee, police said.

The driver is described as a clean-shaven man between 30 and 35 years old. He spoke with an accent — possibly Polish, police said.

Police described the second man as having unkempt facial hair and said he was wearing a white or gray shirt. An age range wasn’t provided for him.

The pickup is thought to be a two-door, white Chevrolet with a yellow or orange light on the roof, indicating that it might be a construction vehicle.

Anyone with information is asked to call Area North detectives at (312) 744-8200. 

Also Wednesday, police in suburban Lisle reported a man tried to lure two children from a playground with a game of "hide and seek."

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