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Police say stranger offered young girls bicycles

Incident reportedly happened just before 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Delaware Avenue/Mohawk Drive area
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Guelph police are investigating after three young girls were reportedly approached Wednesday evening by a woman who offered them bicycles.

Just before 6 p.m., three 10-year-old girls were walking in the area of Delaware Avenue and Mohawk Drive when they were approached by a woman. She told the girls they were pretty and that she had new bicycles in her backyard they could have, pointing generally across the street. The girls continued walking to one girl’s house as the woman followed them.

The woman was described as white, approximately 30, tall and thin with blonde hair in a tight bun, missing teeth and a birthmark or tattoo over her right eye. She was wearing a dress or sweater and covered her eyes with her hands while she spoke.

Anyone with information is asked to call Constable Jillian Crawford-Bourke at 519-824-1212, ext. 7583, email her at jcrawford-bourke@guelphpolice.ca, leave an anonymous message for Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or leave an anonymous tip online at www.csgw.tips.