Strange man targets little girl at North Naples park

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NORTH NAPLES, Fla.- A mother called 911 after she saw a strange man talking to her daughter at a park.

A family was at North Collier Regional Park watching softball when their 5-year-old ventured a short distance away from the family to a pavilion.

The mother quickly noticed her daughter was not by her side and reports say she looked up to see a homeless man talking to her daughter.

Reports show when she yelled her daughter’s name, the man quickly went away. When she reached her daughter, the little girl told her the man said “there are prettier flowers behind the building,” an area that was out of sight of the family.

After the mother called deputies to the scene, the man was questioned, but not arrested. Reports show he admitted to authorities that he came to watch the softball games and spoke to the little girl.

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