Lost are the days when people helped each other. Especially where a child is involved. Kids are brainwashed into fearing the world and taught to be scared to death of adults that they do not know. And a grown up offering help to a child that is a stranger? You'd have to be insane!
Luring report in Penn Manor district later determined to be no threat
Around 7 p.m., a man was preparing a field at Leaman and Manor avenues for an upcoming community yard sale, borough police Detective Sgt. Jeff Margevich said.
"He is an older gentleman with some health problems," Margevich said. "He asked a 13-year-old boy if he would help him paint lines on the field."
The man — who had almost passed out in the heat — offered the Millersville boy money to help him finish the job, Margevich said.
The boy thought the incident was suspicious because the man was a stranger, so he rode away on his bike.
On Thursday morning, the boy reported the incident to police, who alerted Penn Manor School District.
The district put an alert on its website warning parents of the possible safety threat. The alert included a description of the man and his vehicle.
As soon as the alert was issued, police got calls reporting the vehicle was still in the same area, Margevich said.
They responded, found the man and learned he had not intended to lure the child.
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