An incident involving what police are calling an “inappropriate interaction” Friday night in Midland is now being investigated as an attempted abduction.
Police said the teenage female victim “was initially assaulted and the unknown male attempted to gain control of the victim and force her into the suspect vehicle.”
The incident happened between 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. near Maxwell Avenue and Christine Drive.
“A female victim has reported having an interaction with an unknown male who was driving a smaller four-door silver coloured car who fled the scene after the incident in an unknown direction at a high rate of speed,” described OPP in a news release.
The suspect is described as a large white man with no facial hair who was wearing a red and black ballcap, a black puffy jacket and jeans.
Anyone with information or dashcam footage is asked to contact OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or opp.southern.georgian.bay@opp.ca.
Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at ontariocrimestoppers.ca/submit-a-tip/submit-a-tip.
