UPDATE: Attempted Abduction Took Place Near Maple Grove Bus Stop

Waukee police have released additional details on the this morning.

On Thursday morning at about 9:08 a.m., according to a news release,  received a report from a fifth-grade girl that she was waiting for her bus in the 3300 block of Ashworth Road when a van pulled up next to her at the stop. 

The driver reportedly got out of a "deep purple-colored van with three black stripes on the side and tinted windows" and told the girl to get into the vehicle. The victim ran toward her home and the van left in an unknown direction.

The driver was described as a black man, about 30 years old wearing black shoes, a long gold trench coat, a black hat and black sunglasses with red rims.

Parents of students near where the attempted abduction occurred were notified of the incident via e-mail late this morning. The e-mail noted the incident occurred around 8:25 a.m.

The school's address is 1455 98th St. in the city of West Des Moines.

Anyone with information about the vehicle or the driver are asked to contact the Waukee Police Department at (515) 987-1073.

Strangers Tried to Lure Kids in May

In May, both . On May 15 the received a call about a suspicious gray minivan in the area of the 400 block of Gray Avenue which followed two fourth-grade girls. 

The girls gave a description of a balding older man with white hair wearing a blue polo-type shirt and driving a silver four-door SUV, cross-over type. The driver did not slow down, stop or say anything to the girls. 

Later that same day in Adel, police were called on a report of a child who was approached at the corner of North 14th Street and Grove Street. A man and a woman in a gray minivan stopped asked an 11-year-old boy if he wanted a ride and if he wanted candy.

The boy told the two individuals “No” and walked home. The minivan drove away and the youth told his mother of the incident; she called police.