Police Arrest Child Luring Mercedes Driver

San Bruno police arrested a man who reportedly attempted to pick up a pair of young girls last week, police said.

Officers responded to a report that a man attempted to get a 12-year-old girl and her friend to enter his white Mercedes four-door sedan at Third and San Bruno avenues at 7:15 a.m. on Nov. 26, according to police.

The reporting officers surveyed the area and stopped a Mercedes that fit the description the girls provided at about 7:30 a.m., police said.

Juan Manuel Mendoza-Bermudez, 34, of San Lorenzo, the driver of the Mercedes, was subsequently arrested for an outstanding warrant and on suspicion of child annoyance, according to police.

Police are investigating the case. Anyone with information can call San Bruno police at (650) 616-7100.

—Reporting by Bay City News