Oshkosh Police Investigate Suspicious Incident

The Oshkosh Police Department is asking the public for any information about a suspicious incident reported by a child early Thursday afternoon, December 8, 2022.

Around noon, a child that was in a vehicle while their parent went inside a store in the 1000-block of N. Washburn St. said an older man approached the vehicle and asked if the child wanted candy.

He also told the child he had a puppy.

There was no physical contact, and the man left with no further incident.

The child described the man as a white, possibly around 80 years old, and driving an older, gray, minivan-style vehicle.

Anyone with information should call Oshkosh police at (920) 236-5700 or they can provide information anonymously
through Winnebago County Crime Stoppers, at (920) 231-8477