Leader Staff
Shawano County authorities were investigating an attempted abduction of a 14-year-old girl in the town of Birnamwood on Wednesday afternoon.
The Shawano County Sheriff’s Department received a report just after 1 p.m. that a girl was walking along a road between cornfields when a male subject attempted to grab her. The girl was able to break free and went to a nearby home, where authorities were called.
The male is described as being in his mid to late teens, Caucasian, and approximately 6 feet, 2 inches tall, wearing a black sweatshirt or long sleeve T-shirt, blue jeans with holes and white tennis shoes.
A person of interest has been identified. Officers were still trying to locate that person Wednesday evening, the Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. The investigation is continuing.