By Kimberly Gasuras
A Bucyrus woman is warning other local women to be aware of their surroundings and a suspicious man in an older black car.
When Tiffany Triplett was leaving a local store in the Southern Lights Shopping Center Sunday evening, she did not expect to have a strange encounter with a man after he asked for directions to a local auto parts store.
“A guy in what looked to be in his mid to late 30s, wearing a blue jacket and driving an old, black beater car, tried to get directions from me to O’Reilly’s auto store and at the same time, he was being very inappropriate with himself while he was talking to me,” Triplett said.
As soon as she realized what the man was doing, she got quickly got into her vehicle.
“I drove off to KFC and waited to see if he was waiting for someone in the store,” Triplett said. “Nope. He drove off by himself and was going to try to follow me until I turned onto Beal (Avenue) and got away from him.
“I didn’t get his license plate number but I did call the police and I found out that I wasn’t the only one who had made a report like this one.”
According to the Bucyrus Police Department, Triplett’s report was made at 6:24 p.m. Sunday and the other report was made at 4:18 p.m. Sunday. A woman reported that a man exposed himself while in his vehicle in the Bucyrus Mobile Home Village area.
The man in both incidents is described as a white male in his 30s driving a black, older model two-door car, possibly a Ford Mustang. The man has a heavy build with short, brown hair.
As of Monday afternoon, police had not located the man. Anyone with information should contact the Bucyrus Police Department at 419-562-1006.