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Police: Glendale child enticement case was a "misunderstanding"

Police say case is closed
Posted at 9:44 AM, Jun 24, 2016
and last updated 2016-06-24 10:48:22-04

Glendale Police say an alert sent out Thursday about a man trying to lure a young boy into his truck from the child's own driveway last week was a misunderstanding.

Police released a composite photo of a man who went up to an 8-year-old boy playing baseball in his driveway and tried to get him to come to his pickup truck.

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  • The boy went into his house and asked his father if it would be OK and the man — who said he used to play Major League baseball — left the scene.

    Glendale Police told TODAY’S TMJ4 that the man was new to the neighborhood and was meeting new people and giving kids baseballs.