Barrington police are ramping up patrols in the Hampden Meadows area of town after a 16 year-old boy told officers that he had been approached by a man on who was offering oral sex on Saturday, April 12.
The teenager, who lives in town, told police that he had been walking along the path that runs through the Hampden Meadows Greenbelt property near Kent Street when the man approached him from the opposite direction.
The teenager described the man as having a weathered complexion, black mullet haircut, and wearing a blue baseball cap and gray shirt and riding a blue bicycle. The boy had waited for about a day before contacting local police.
Barrington law enforcement is asking anyone who sees a person matching this description to call the department’s confidential tip line at 437-3933.