PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Authorities are investigating an attempted abduction that took place in Pembroke Pines.
It happened Monday at approximately 1:50 p.m. in the area of Southwest 68th Terrace and Fourth Street.
According to Pembroke Pines police, a woman was walking along the road when a four-door, dark-colored, newer model Mazda sedan began to follow her.
The driver was described as a tall, thin Black man wearing no clothes. Police said he began making lewd comments to the woman while driving next to her.
Authorities said the victim began to walk faster to get away from the man, but he then used his car to block her path and attempted to grab her by the arm.
“The individual driving this vehicle cut her off, pulled onto the swale (and) he reached through the passenger side window, grabbed her arm and tried to pull her towards the vehicle. At that point, she noticed that he was naked,” said Sgt. Christian Rogers, a spokesman for the Pembroke Pines Police Department.
According to Pembroke Pines police spokeswoman Amanda Conwell, a Be On the Look Out (BOLO) was issued to all surrounding jurisdictions, but the suspect remains at large.
A neighbor told Local 10 News that she was surprised to hear of an abduction attempt because the neighborhood is usually “very quiet.”
Officers are now asking Pembroke Pines residents to be on the lookout.
“We are concerned about people who may be walking through the neighborhood -- families, women who are exercising in the evenings, children playing in the streets,” said Rogers.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Pembroke Pines Police Department’s investigations division at 954-431-2225 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.