DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Parents in a DeKalb County neighborhood told Channel 2 Action News they aren't letting their children out of their sight after they said a man and woman have been driving around trying to lure and take them.
Neighbors told police it happened at least twice last Saturday.
"I'm a father. I have 10 children and a granddaughter so it's scary when you got someone in your neighborhood trying to get your kids up," parent Joshua Thomas said.
Thomas said his son and some other children from the neighborhood were at a gas station off Columbia Drive when a man and woman in a green Honda Civic tried to take the kids. The children are as young as 9 and 10 years old.
"He was trying to give him money. If they took the money, try and get them in the car," Thomas said.
When the offers of drugs and money didn't work, the children reported that the woman tried to grab one of them. But they all ran away.
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"I was terrified. I was in the house cutting hair and I dropped everything and ran outside," Thomas said.
Thomas and his wife called police.
Channel 2's Alyssa Hyman obtained the police report and learned the criminals tried to lure children twice in the same day. Another neighbor described the same man -- but this time in a different colored car.
"I mean, they were really trying to ride through here and trying to get kids," the neighbor said.
Thomas told Hyman he just wants to warn other parents, especially until police arrest everyone responsible.
"You never know who's around your kids. Just keep them close to you," Thomas said.
Neighbors said the man involved has a gray beard and the woman is missing teeth.
Police said that so far, they have not made any arrests.
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