{"id":38705,"date":"2017-10-16T11:29:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T15:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=38705"},"modified":"2017-10-16T11:40:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T15:40:53","slug":"festing-toyota-designates-safe-zone-kids-approached-strangers-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/festing-toyota-designates-safe-zone-kids-approached-strangers-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Festing Toyota designates itself a safe zone for any kids approached by strangers in the area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to two recent OPP reports of a male driver approaching young girls and asking them to get in his car, a local business has designated itself a safe zone for kids.<\/p>\n<p>The Festing Toyota dealership, located on Centre Street North, wrote on its Facebook page on October 14, &#8220;In light of the recent situation regarding child safety in our immediate area, we at Festing Toyota have designated ourselves as a Safe Zone. Let your children know that if they are approached by a stranger in the vicinity of the dealership, they can come directly to us and we&#8217;ll take it from there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>The incidents happened on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsville-opp-looking-driver-approached-three-young-girls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 4<\/a><\/span>, when three girls were approached on their way home from school, and on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/second-incident-driver-approaching-young-girl-opp-looking-suspect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 13<\/a><\/span> when a lone girl was approached on Centre Street North on her way to school. Huntsville OPP believe the two incidents may be related.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have four kids and the one little girl, the last one (who was approached), is in one of my kids&#8217; classes,&#8221; said Scott Festing, Sales Manager at Festing Toyota. &#8220;It\u2019s just sad. I can\u2019t believe no one has caught the guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Festing said that parents can tell their children to come into the dealership if they feel threatened and any one of the staff there will help them out. &#8220;All the staff has been informed, we all talked about it \u2013 if any kid comes in, we\u2019ll help them. They can come into the showroom, they can go to service, it doesn\u2019t matter. Everyone is more than willing to help. We will contact the school and phone the police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was described as approximately 60-70 years of age, bald on the top of his head with white \/ grey hair on the sides, and possibly having a white scruffy beard, while the vehicle was described as an older grey or silver four-door sedan with rust at the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>Huntsville OPP are asking anyone who may have seen this vehicle or knows who this person could be to contact them at 705-789-5551 or make an anonymous call to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or online at www.crimestopperssdm.com.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! 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