Stranger Danger Incident Reported in Menlo Park

Police in Menlo Park are investigating a report two subjects may have tried to lure a child into a vehicle on Friday.

On Friday at 3:27 p.m., officers responded to a call from residents their 12-year-old son was approached by two subjects in a vehicle as he was walking home in the area of Sharon Road and Alameda de las Pulgas.

The juvenile said the subjects asked him if he was running late and then told him to get in the car, police said.

The juvenile said "No" and then quickly walked away. Police described the subjects as possible being Hispanic men in their 20s. The vehicle was described as an older silver four-door sedan.

Police said it is not known if the subjects were trying to lure the boy into the vehicle or just trying to scare him.

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