Stow Police increased security at the Summer Sunset Blast on Saturday following the report of an attempted abduction Friday night,
According to police, the parents of a 6-year-old boy said their son was in the Silver Springs Park Camp site on Young Road and was going to a movie at the festival with a cousin. However, the child went back to the campsite with the intention of telling his parents where he had gone.
That’s when police say he was approached by a man offering to take the child to his truck and then home. After the man picked up the child, the boy bit the man and eventually broke free. He then ran screaming to his parents, who had been looking for the boy, police said.
There were two men involved in the incident, the boy said. One was as white, about 6 feet tall, thin, about 50 years old, clean shaven and wearing glasses. The other was white and about 5 feet 7 with brown hair and wearing a T-shirt.
The boy did not know the exact location of the incident and did not see a vehicle.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Detective Jeff Swanson of the Stow Police Department at 330-689-5734.
