Man demanded sexual favours
Oct 09, 2008 - 01:12 PM
DURHAM -- Police are looking for a suspect who they say impersonated a police officer to trap two teenage girls inside a van.
According to Durham Regional Police, the man locked the girls in a van and demanded sexual favours for getting them out of trouble with a taxi driver.
On Sept. 27, around 1 a.m., the two 17-year-old girls called a taxi from an Ajax residence, but during the ride they realized they didn't have enough for the fare. The taxi driver stopped the cab in the Amberlea and Napanee roads area of Pickering and became involved in a heated discussion with them for about 30 minutes. During this time, a man appeared in a van and identified himself as a police officer.
The man exchanged information with the cab driver and the girls got into the van. He promised the cab driver he would collect the money and they would all meet at the police station.
But as the man in the van started driving away, he told the girls they owed him for getting them out of trouble and began demanding sexual favours, police said. The girls realized he wasn't a police officer and tried to jump out of the vehicle, but were locked inside. They forced the doors opened and jumped from the moving van. The man tried to chase them in his vehicle, but they lost him when they ran between houses.
The suspect is described as: brown, mid-30s, five-foot-seven-inches tall with a large, muscular build, shaved head, and round face with thin, chinstrap-style beard and moustache. He was wearing blue jeans and a light coloured yellow hoody.
The van is described as: a dark red or green Montana-style minivan with two bench seats. There was a baby seat in it at the time of the incident.
Anyone with information can call 905-579-1520 ext. 2531 or 1-888-579-1520. Anonymous tips can be made to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 and tipsters may be eligible for a $2,000 cash reward.
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