New Jersey Police Seek Man Who Attempted To Lure 6-Year-Old Through Bedroom Window

By Diana Rocco

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Neighbors in a Washington Township apartment complex are uneasy and determined to help police find a man accused of trying to lure a young girl while leaning into her bedroom window.

"If I see him I will keep him at bay until the authorities come," said Tom Ross, a neighbor in the apartment complex.

Police say the suspect was caught with his head inside a first floor apartment window Wednesday night talking to a 6-year-old girl while her parents thought she was sleeping. When the mother came home from work around 10 o'clock she heard voices in her daughters room.

"She hears her daughter talking to somebody by the window and when she opened up the bedroom door, the gentleman's head was inside the window. She screamed for her husband. By the time she got out there, the gentleman took off," Ross said.

The man allegedly told the little girl his name was Joe and he was a doctor who lived in the complex. The little girl told her mom the man took a picture of her before he took off running.

Police say the mother saw him lurking around their building a day earlier claiming to be looking for a cellphone signal.

"It's scary. It's scary news. I have to make sure everything is locked, said neighbor Donna Balchunas.

Neighbors have been sharing the man's sketch and keeping a close eye on their children.

I have a two and a half year old grandson who plays back and forth with these kids and the door's always open. They're always in and out, but now I'm not sure I want to leave it unlocked."

Police describe the man as being in his late 20's or early 30's, with dark hair, dark eyes and a full facial beard. Washington Township Police are asking anyone with information, or if you think you may know this man, to give them a call.