(Cherokee, Iowa) – The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office in northwest Iowa, is warning residents after two possible attempted child abductions were reported in Cleghorn and Cherokee.

Officials said a report was made about an incident on Tuesday, Sept. 30, in Cleghorn. They said a white pickup truck with a Connecticut license plate pulled up near two boys, aged 10 and 4, who were playing in a city park. The driver, described as a tan or dark-skinned man with dark blond hair, reportedly offered them candy and tried to pick up the younger child. The older child was able to get them both safely back home.

The sheriff’s office said it was then made aware of something similar that happened about two weeks prior in Cherokee, where a 10-year-old girl reported that a white pickup had followed her home from school.

The sheriff’s office is investigating and is asking parents to talk to their children about not approaching strangers.