Teen Girl Reports Attempted Abduction in Durham

The girl told officers she was walking in the parking lot of the Wellons Village post office, off North Miami Boulevard, around 4:30 p.m. A man in a red car pulled up beside her, waved money at her and asked her to get into the car, police said.

The teenager ran away, but the man got out of the car, grabbed her hand and tried to pull her into the car. She managed to break away from the man and escaped unharmed, officers said.

Police were looking for a Hispanic man in his 30s or 40s, standing 5 feet 6 or 7 inches tall. He has a medium build, fair complexion and short, wavy black hair. He was wearing a dark, long-sleeved shirt and blue jeans.

The alleged abductor was driving a small, older model red car, similar to a Honda Civic or Nissan Sentra. The car had paint chips in several places, a dent in the hood and a black stripe on the passenger side.