Teenage girls fear they were being followed - Maple Ridge News - http://www.mapleridgenews.com/
By Monisha Martins
Staff Reporter, Nov 08 2006

Two teenage girls were followed onto a bus by a pair of suspicious men Monday night.

Ridge Meadows RCMP said the girls were upset after the incident, which began in downtown Maple Ridge near 227th Street, just north of Lougheed Highway.

A man first approached the girls just after 9:35 p.m. He spoke to the girls and gestured for them to go with him, RCMP media liaison Dan Herbranson said.

When the girls continued walking, the man appeared angry. The girls kept walking towards their bus stop across the street from the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment.

According to police, a second man who had been standing on 227th Street followed them to the bus stop.

"The men appeared to be partnered up," Herbranson said.

"Certainly the girls never saw them talk to one another, but they appeared to make some hand-type gestures."

The second man followed the girls onto the No. 701 bus heading west on Dewdney Trunk Road.

The girls told police he sat close enough to hear their conversation and got off the bus as one of them did at Laity Street.

The man walked in the opposite direction, but police were told he looked back at the girl on several occasions.

Herbranson said there are several reasons why RCMP want to identify these men.

"Is this totally innocent or are there other unreported incidents where someone has shrugged it off?" he said.

Descriptions of the men:

• An Indo-Canadian man, 25-30 years old, standing 6'2'' and weighing 200 pounds, with a dark goatee and short black hair. He was wearing a brown jacket, dark T-shirt and blue jeans. Police believe the man is linked to a newer two-door navy blue car, possibly a Japanese make. The car was lowered, with a large spoiler and a white lightning bolt down the side.

• The second man was Caucasian, 35-45 years old, standing 6'4'' with a stocky build and weighing more than 250 pounds. His head was shaved and he had a two-day-old beard growth and grey hair.