Crime & Safety

Peters Police Investigating Incident Allegedly Involving Man, Minor

The alleged incident happened in parking lot of Rita's on Wednesday.

Peters police are investigating an incident in which a man reportedly approached a minor girl Wednesday afternoon at township area store's parking lot.

A 17-year-old girl told officers she was walking to her car in the Rita's Italian Ice parking lot Wednesday afternoon when a man approached her.

The girl described the man as being a white male in his 20s, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans, pulled her backward. 

"She said she tried kicking him and eventually was able to get into her car and lock the doors," according to a report on WPXI-TV.

Police said they were investigating the incident, and trying to determine the man's intentions.

Find out what's happening in Peterswith free, real-time updates from Patch.

No further information was immediately available Thursday afternoon.


Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com.

More from Peters