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A teenage girl took a picture of a man believed to be targeting children in a Pembroke Pines neighborhood.
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Sandra Sanchez said her 17-year-old daughter almost became a victim of a suspected serial creeper.
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"I don't know how far this guy would have taken it," Sanchez told Local 10 News.
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Sanchez said her daughter was walking home from school Tuesday afternoon when she saw a silver car parked in the 10900 block of Northwest 15th Street.
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As the girl passed the car, she saw the man get out and follow her, Pembroke Pines police Sgt. Angela Goodwin said.
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The teen called her father, who was just feet away at their house. Moments before her father got outside, though, the girl heard the mysterious man say something to her.
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"Finally, he told her, 'If you don't turn around within the next three seconds, I will pull out my gun,'" Sanchez said.
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Her father came out of the house, and the man ran back toward his car, Goodwin said.
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But the quick-thinking daughter pulled out her cellphone and was able to snap a picture of the man as he ran away from her.
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Police believe he is the same man who tried to lure a boy and two girls into his car in September.
"I just thank God she did what she did to make that phone call," Sanchez said.
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Police have released a sketch of the man in the hopes that someone can identify him.
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"I don't know what he wants," Sanchez said.
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Anyone with information is asked to call the Pembroke Pines Police Department at 954-431-2200 or Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.