SUGAR GROVE – Police are investigating a report of an attempt by a middle-aged man to abduct an 11-year-old girl.

Sugar Grove police said officers were called Tuesday night to the area of McCannon Street and Bastian Drive, about two blocks west of Kaneland John Shields Elementary School, for a report of a possible abduction attempt.

Police said a girl, 11, told them she was sitting on a bench at the west end of Volunteer Park around 8:15 p.m. Tuesday when a white, older Chevrolet Astro van stopped on the street in front of her.