Kind of an alert

One of the fastest things circulating through various neighborhood and parent-centric listservs is an 'alert' regarding a potential sexual predator stalking out Five Points. I've received two emails regaring it, and a notice is posted at The Kid's child care center.

Since there are multiple mentions and sightings of the guy, I assume it's legitimate. Whether or not he's an actual sexual predator is another question, but he's arguably drawn ample suspicion given his actions.

So, if you've got kids, do what you're supposed to do on a daily basis which is keep close tabs on them. If you're child's in day care, make sure the facility is aware, but trust the staff and security.

One of the emails going around had the potential predator ask a mother who was watching a boy - who happened to be her son - playing at the far end of Memorial Park. The mother said she was, scooped up her children and left.

As far as descriptions, this is from an email forwarded to me ...

He is a white male with no hair (shaven) and has a neatly trimmed reddish auburn
mustache and beard. He is driving a smaller red pickup truck with black and white checkered trim on his tailgate and has tons of bumper stickers in the cab window (it almost looks like a toy truck - like a lego truck). The tag is Virginia XVH 8157.