Halifax RCMP are investigating four complaints involving a man approaching women in Lower Sackville.
The investigation comes after police reported they were looking into an incident where a woman was grabbed by a man at a bus stop just prior to 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Police say a man in a vehicle pulled up next to a woman and asked for directions. He then asked her to get in the car to help him with directions but the woman declined. Police said the man asked her to put the information into the GPS on his phone.
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When he went to pass her the phone, he grabbed the woman’s arm. She was able to break free.
Since issuing the information on Thursday, police say they have received three similar complaints of a man driving a blue or green hatchback approaching women.
According to police, a man attempted to get a teenage girl’s attention at the transit terminal on Walker Avenue at 1 p.m. Wednesday. An hour later near the Walker Avenue terminal, a man pulled up in his car and engaged a woman in conversation about taking the bus to Halifax. He offered her a ride but she refused.
Police also say sometime in the past few days, a man offered a ride to a teenage girl.
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The man in the incidents is described by police as having short, dark hair, a dark complexion and was driving a green or blue hatchback.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 902-490-5020 or make an anonymous call to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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