Media Release, Plain Street suspicious person incident

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Franklin, Massachusetts:         On Monday October 21, 2019 at approximately 4:00 pm the Franklin Police Department was contacted by a resident in the Town of Bellingham. The caller reported that his juvenile daughter had been walking on Plain Street in the Town of Franklin around 3:00pm, and a white van with a male driver had approached her. The driver of this van made vulgar comments to this juvenile. No attempt was made to get her into the van, and after speaking to the juvenile the van left the area.

The Franklin Police Department is actively investigating this incident. If anyone has additional information or video that would aide in this investigation please contact the Franklin Police directly.