MOUNT JOY, Pa. (WHTM) -
Police in Lancaster County are investigating a report of an attempted abduction near a Mount Joy shopping center.
Mount Joy Police Detective Joseph Goody said a 21-year-old woman was walking to work at the Giant food store on E. Main Street Wednesday morning and noticed an SUV following her for several blocks.
She told authorities the man driving the SUV then tried to grab her and pull her into the vehicle.
"He pulled in behind her and got his vehicle so close without getting out that he was actually able to put his hands on her book bag that she was wearing and pull her toward the vehicle," Goody said. "She pulled away and that's when she realized the severity and this wasn't going to stop, he was actually making an attempt."
Police said they believe the man may have thought the woman was a child.
Investigators have released security camera photographs of a vehicle, a Chevrolet Traverse, that is possibly connected to the incident.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 653-1650.
