A 10-year-old girl who was walking home from school yesterday afternoon told police a masked man tried to abduct her.
Police responded to Cedar Street shortly before 5 p.m., after a girl reported that a man with a mask got out of a black vehicle, grabbed her and tried to force her into the vehicle.
According the girl, without saying a word the man and grabbed her right arm but girl was able to pull away and run home.
The alleged abductor was described as a white male, in his 20s, and was approximately 5-foot-9. He was last seen wearing a black mask, black cargo pants, black boots and a black T-shirt with an image of a skull on it.
The man was last seen heading towards Wootton Street.
Anyone with information can contact the Boonton Police Department Detective Bureau at (973) 402-9371, ext. 610 or 613.