Fort Myers police search for suspicious man

CREATED Dec. 22, 2012

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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Fort Myers police are looking for a man who approached a woman on Palm Beach Boulevard early Friday morning.

The woman told police she was approached by an unknown male in the 3600 block of Palm Beach while walking home at 2:30 a.m.  The man appeared to have his hand underneath his shirt and implied he had a weapon.

The woman kept walking as the suspect followed her.  The woman says the suspect then tried to force her to get into a vehicle driven by another person but she managed to escape unharmed.

The suspect is described as Hispanic, that he talked Spanish, was 30 to 40 years old, wore a white shirt and black shorts.  The truck was an older, green, two-door pickup truck with the word "FOREVER" on the rear window.  She could only see that the person inside the truck was wearing a baseball cap.  

Anyone with information is asked to call the FMPD at 321-7700 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS (8477).