St Joseph Police are seeking your help following the attempted abduction this morning of a ten-year-old School Safety Patrol Officer in St Joseph.

Commander Jim Connors says the youngster was patrolling at 29th and Duncan when a newer model, brown, quad-cab pickup truck, possibly a Chevrolet, approached the area and an occupant told him to get in the truck. Connors says the truck had Missouri license plates with the first two characters of “A9—-.”

Connors says there were three people in the truck. The driver was described as a white female in her 30s with straight, black, shoulder-length hair. The front-seat passenger was described as a white male in his 40s with gray hair worn in a buzz cut, wearing sunglasses and a goatee. A third passenger in the truck was described as a white male with short black hair and wearing sunglasses.

Connors says the front seat passenger told the crossing guard to “get in the truck,” and then he was heard to laugh.

As the incident occurred the crossing guard grabbed another student so he wouldn’t be alone and walked toward Parkway School to tell a teacher.

A female crossing guard reports seeing the same truck driving around the school at about 4:30 yesterday afternoon. There are no reports that the truck’s occupants stopped or said anything to any children at that time. Anyone with any information about this incident is asked to call the TIPs Hotline at 238-TIPS (8477)