LATEST: Police in the South-East reports on Twitter at 21 that the two messages about possible “lokkemenn” in Tønsberg and færder formally in Vestfold has been exaggerated.
Out from the investigation so far, there is no evidence to suggest that children have been exposed to real “lokkemenn”, writes police on Twitter.
Cecilie Svorstøl, politiadvokat in the South-East tell the Newspaper that the two events in Vestfold today has been error messages.
Misunderstandings
– There have been misunderstandings and messages have been greatly exaggerated. There are enough children who have been misunderstood. It has not been the talk of the solicitation. In one situation had an adult been in contact with the children,but not to lure, saying Svorstøl.
According to the politiadvokaten is thus a person been checked out of the case.
on Wednesday morning contacted the principal of the Torød School in the færder formally the police, after a pupil shall have been tried lid in a car. It must have been a man who was driving the car, and the person concerned shall have the lid with candy and money, according to Tønsbergs Blad.
It was the principal who called to the police a quarter of 11. She enlightened us that a student of 12 years claimed themselves lured into a red car on the pathway, confirming the Trond Egil Groth, operasjonsleder in the South-East police district to the Newspaper.
the Police have been at the school and talked with the principal, the involved and witnesses.
Yet another event
In the afternoon and reported Tønsbergs Blad that a further two students had been attempted to be lured into a car with candy. The incident happened at Presterød school in Tønsberg municipality, after school.
There were two students, who stayed on one online and was playing in the schoolyard, who felt that a man tried to lure them into a car with candy, ” says the principal of the school, Steinar Henriksen, to Dagbladet.
According to the principal described the students to the car as dark.
They ran and told what had happened to an adult. The students were clearly upset over the incident. We experienced it as real and contacted the police, ” says Henriksen.
He tells that the parents and staff at the school quickly was notified about what had happened.
Investigating the case
” We’re trying to get clarity in what has happened and want tips and information in the case, says operasjonsleder by the police in the South-East, Rune Hunshamar to the Newspaper.
He confirms that the police have received messages about the events at both schools today.
Politiadvokat Cecilie Svorstøl tell Dagbladet that several patrols working with the case.
” We take the matter seriously and has several patrols that work with the case. We also conduct the interrogation in the case, says Svorstøl.
Three cases in Skien
Tønsberg is, however, not the only place in southern california which in recent weeks has had episodes where children have been tried the lid into the cars. In the Ski schools, Moflata and Kjørbekkhøgda both experienced similar events. It confirms the principals at the schools.
We have had two events in January. The last happened the 24. January. I feel that it is handled and we are working with the police, tell the principal of the Moflata school, Anne Apneseth.
the Principal of the Kjørbekkhøgda school, Thord Auensen, says that they have experienced one case after school. This took place on Monday this week.
– A girl in 4. class was finished at school and on the way home. She was then stopped by a dark, large car and asked to put themselves into to get the candy, ” says Auensen.
the Girl should have run from the place immediately. The school took later contact with the police.
We have talked with students and encouraged them to go together. The police have patruljert in the area around the school afterwards, and they take this seriously, tell the principal.
