Thursday January 27, 2022- On Wednesday evening at approximately 8:15 p.m. officers were dispatched to a residence in the 100 block of West Chestnut Street to investigate a report of a man opening a window of the residence and making contact with two small children.

The mother of the two children told officers that approximately 30 minutes earlier her children ran out of a first floor room where they were playing and told her that a man opened the window and made verbal and physical contact with them and tried to get one of the children to climb out of the window.

Officers did observe the window to be open and footprints in the snow. Officers followed the tracks in a northbound direction, but eventually lost the trail. Officers canvassed the neighborhood and located a residence with video cameras that had footage of a person on the property at the time of this incident.

The children reported that the man was wearing a red coat.

We are asking residents/businesses who have exterior security cameras to check those cameras for any suspicious persons in the area at approximately 7:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Residents are encouraged to report any suspicious persons to police.

Anyone with information about this case is urged to call OPD at 330 684-5025 or submit an anonymous tip via TIP411. Simply click the link in this message or send a text to 847411 and in the body of the message start by typing OPD and then your tip.

We also encourage residents to join our Orrville Security Camera Registry if you have a security camera. You can do so at this link.

Alert sent on 01/27/2022 at 2:04AM EST

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