Community Notice

October 26, 2007

     The West Windsor Police Department recently received several reports of suspicious vehicles and suspicious activities. The first incident occurred on September 20, 2007. A suspicious vehicle was reported in the area of Finley Lane. The vehicle was described as a grey or green Buick sedan. In this case a license plate was recorded by the caller. This information was provided to the Police Dept. a day after the incident. Upon follow up by the Detective Bureau the registered owner was found to be from Newark, NJ and in the area for a legitimate purpose. No child was approached in this incident.

Two unrelated incidents occurred on October 18^th 2007. One incident occurred at 9:50 am and one between 3:00 – 3:30pm. In the 9:50am incident a nine year old female Maurice Hawk student attempted to play a joke by running after a bus, as though she had missed it. The bus had passed her stop and was not her bus. After running for the bus, she was approached by a white male described as having grayish hair, balding and wearing glasses. The male, operating a black four door sedan, stopped and asked the student if she needed a ride. The student quickly returned to a group of friends at the bus stop. This incident occurred at the corner of Birchwood Court and Jacob Drive.

The second incident occurred between 3:00 PM and 3:30 PM was in the area of Slayback Dr. and Braemar Dr.  This incident involved a white male described as being between forty and fifty years old with brown hair and a bald spot.  The white male was operating a 2003 or 2004 silver Honda Accord.  The white male approached a 12 year old boy while the boy was riding his bike. The boy quickly left the area on his bicycle.

At this time the intentions of the individuals involved in the October 18^th incidents are unknown.

If anyone observes what would constitute a suspicious vehicle or a suspicious act in any neighborhood within West Windsor Township, please contact West Windsor Police at 609-799-1222 immediately. It is important that the police department receive the information in a timely fashion, so that we can attempt to make contact with the vehicle and/or person.  Please make every effort to gather as much information as possible to include the license plate number, make and model of the vehicle and a description of the occupant(s).  For safety reasons, at no time should anyone approach a suspicious vehicle and/or person.  At this time the intentions of the individuals involved in the above listed incidents are unknown.

Parents are being asked to take a proactive approach by seeing their children get on and off the school bus safely. Parents are also being asked to discuss with their children the dangers of entering a car with a stranger and how to notify and adult or the police department if they are concerned about a specific suspicious activity.  

As a result of these incidents patrol units have been instructed to give added attention to the aforementioned areas.