By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer
Princeton Township police said they are investigating the attempted abduction Tuesday of an 8-year-old boy who was playing in the backyard of a home on Provinceline Road.
The boy’s parent reported the incident shortly before 5:30 p.m., police said. Police said the boy claimed that a masked assailant, described as a white man, between 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 5 inches tall, dragged him into the woods.
The boy told authorities that he was able to get free when the man tripped and lost his grasp of the child, according to police.
Authorities said the suspect was last seen wearing a black leather jacket and black wool gloves.

