NORTH COLLEGE HILL, Ohio — Police in North College Hill have arrested a man after receiving several reports about a possible person attempting to solicit sex from boys in the area.
The North College Hill Police Department said in a release Davell DaJuan Palmer is charged with four counts of importuning following reports from parents about a male driving a dark-colored sedan approaching boys near the campus on Galbraith Road.
Police said there is currently no specific report involving Palmer soliciting sex from a minor, but said they have received reports about a suspect attempting to make contact with minors — specifically near the district's campus. While the academic year is over, North College Hill Schools have summer classes through the end of June.
WCPO spoke with Vicki Hubbard, a grandmother who lives just down the road from North College Hill Elementary School.
She said the warning from North College Hill Police put her on high alert.
“I first heard it on the news, and I was very concerned as I have a lot of little grandchildren in this area,” Hubbard said.
She said she planned to have a conversation with her grandkids, but said it’s a conversation she wishes she didn’t need to have.
“It’s frustrating because you don’t want your children going around worrying about grown people’s problems, but that’s the world we live in. We have to do that,” Hubbard said.
Police had been urging parents who have kids in summer school this month to walk with them or drive them, so they aren't alone.
"You can’t trust everybody, and this is a perfect example of this guy riding around hunting for kids… hunting people’s children,” Hubbard said.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact North College Hill police at 513-521-7171.
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