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Boy grabbed for backpack

POLICE are looking for a man who grabbed at a 10-year-old boy in Noble Park as he walked home from school.
The boy was walking along Jacksons Road about 3.30pm on Monday 22 June when the man grabbed him by the arm and took the 10-year-old’s backpack.
The offender made no demands but ran off with the backpack.
The boy returned to school where he told a teacher about the incident and it was reported to police.
The backpack was later found in the front yard of a nearby property.

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