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BURIEN, Wash. — The Burien Police Department arrested a man Friday who is suspected of trying to lure children, according to a release from the department.
Officers said they began receiving reports of a man in a white van approaching children in the Burien area. Someone took picture of the van and the license plates and reported it to the Burien Police Department.
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The King County Sheriff's Office Special Assault Unit had already been investigating the case. Detectives tagged the license plates in the state database.
A woman in Marysville called police Friday saying a van was following her. Police responded and checked the license plates, which matched those of the luring case.
The suspect was identified and taken into custody.
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