Investigators seek tips on driver targeting children

Investigators are requesting the public's help locating a pickup driver who is targeting schoolchildren.

The first incident happened around 2 p.m. on April 18, when a man driving a black full-sized Dodge pickup truck approached children walking home from a bus stop on High Corner Road.

The driver, a white man between the ages of 40 and 50 with red balding hair, asked the children if they wanted a ride home, but they ignored him, according to the sheriff's office.

The pickup truck was next seen Tuesday, April 28, on Lapine Road, when the truck approached a girl walking home.

Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office at 352-754-6830, or for anonymous tips worth up to $1,000, call 1-866-990-TIPS (8477).