Deputies: Attempted abduction in Holiday under investigation

Last Updated: Friday, January 26, 2018, 8:43 AM EST

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is investigating an alleged kidnapping involving an 11-year-old girl. 

  • Deputies: Attempted abduction in Holiday under investigation
  • Incident happened near Whipporwill Drive and Jarvis Street in the Colonial Hills
  • Authorities searching for suspect

According to deputies, a man tried to grab the girl who was on her bike around 5 p.m. near Whipporwill Drive and Jarvis Street in the Colonial Hills area of Holiday. The girl was not injured.

Deputies said the suspect is a light-skinned Hispanic male or a darker skinned white male. 

The man was a shorter adult with a medium build, possibly middle aged, dark longer hair touching the shoulders, full scruffy beard with some bald spots with grey hair mixed in the dark hair, wearing a light blue shirt with holes in it, light colored shorts wearing grey socks and no shoes.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Pasco County Sheriff's Office at 1-800-706-2488.