Michigan State Police are searching for a suspect in an attempted kidnapping of an 8-year-old girl in Brighton Township Wednesday evening.
According to investigators, the girl was riding her bike on Rosemary Lane around 7 p.m. when she was approached by a man who appeared to be a traveling door-to-door salesman.
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The man, described as white or possibly Hispanic, asked the girl to come into the woods with him where he would give her “a surprise.” The suspect then attempted to lure the girl into a nearby wooded area before the girl’s father confronted him and asked what he was doing.
The suspect then fled the area on a Segway-type vehicle and was last seen near Old US-23 and Alger Drive in Brighton Township. He was wearing blue shorts, a black polo shirt and a light green baseball cap.
He was also wearing an ID badge for a pest control company, police said. Troopers and detectives are continuing to canvass the area for surveillance footage and reaching out to nearby residents.
Anyone with information about the suspect or who may have observed suspicious activity in the area should reach out to the MSP Brighton Post at 810-227-1051.