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Crime & Safety

Police: Suspect in Suspicious Vehicle Spoke to Child, Spotted on East Side

Here's an item from the April 20 Batavia Police blotter.

A subject in a suspicious vehicle has been driving around recently in an east-side neighborhood, according to a police report.

The subject was reported approaching and speaking to a juvenile in the 700 block of Maves Drive on April 20. The same vehicle had been reported on at least two other occasions in the same vicinity.

spoke with the suspect and advised him to stay out of the area. No further information was available on this incident.

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