After Attempted Kidnapping, Solon Police Give Child Safety Tips

(Megan Rozsa)- After word spread about last Friday's attempted abduction of a 7-year-old Solon girl on Aurora Road, parents in the Solon Early Childhood Parent Teacher Association wanted to know what they could do to protect their children.

They asked Solon Police Lt. Bruce Felton to speak at their first meeting of the year about how to educate children on the topic of strangers and how they should respond in what is considered a strange situation.

Felton said the police department is following up on leads and won't stop until this man — described as a 5-foot-tall black man with a bushy mustache and wearing some sort of mask to conceal his face — is found.

It's important to teach children about scenarios that are wrong rather than telling them to run from any stranger, because there will be times when a child may need a stranger's help, Felton said. Read more here…