OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, Fla. — The Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office said Friday a report of two men trying to "coax several children" into their van for a "ride to school" turned out to not be a dangerous situation after all.
The sheriff's office posted on Facebook around 9 a.m. that two men in an older-model black Chrysler van with tinted windows tried to offer several children a ride to school.
However, just before 1:30 p.m., the sheriff's office updated the community alert, saying patrol officers had located the van.
"With the help and clarification from the adult complainant on the scene, no child was being coaxed, nor did any inappropriate action occur," the sheriff's office posted on Facebook.
According to authorities, the person who reported the incident eventually realized they knew the men and they "were not in the area for negative reasons."
"Investigations take time to compile information relevant to the actual circumstances, and at times stories are incomplete or distorted when reported by a second party," the sheriff's office posted.
The Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office has since canceled the alert, saying there is no danger to the community.
