Peggy Dreher is keeping a close eye on her three children these days after an alleged child molester was recently spotted in her neighborhood.
"On the way to and from school, you are seeing a lot more parents involved. Even if they are not my kids, and I am watching them, I'm watching the neighborhood kids go home and making sure they got in. It's just more of an awareness and a caring of what's going on," she says.
Police say the first incident took place mid-September in Carrboro along Hillsborough Road. The latest alleged attempted abduction involved two girls who were approached by a stranger at the 600 block of Franklin Street. When the suspect approached the girls, they ran away.
"When you don't have much of anything in the way of leads, it can be frustrating to have to play the waiting game," says Matthew Dean of the Carrboro Police Department.
If you have any information on any of the incidents, you are asked to call Crimestoppers at919-226-CRIME.
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