Suspicious incident triggers school alert

<p>The Petaluma Police Department sent out a school alert on Monday after a man in a pickup pulled alongside two boys walking toward Corona Creek Elementary School, said he knew who they were and then began following them.</p><!-- Nothing to do. The paragraph has already been output --><p>The man followed the boys, 8 and 11, for about a minute as they were walking on the 900 block of Quarry Street at around 8:05 a.m. He then drove away on Riesling Road, in the direction of Kenilworth Junior High School, said Petaluma Police Department sources.</p><p>Police report that the suspect was a white male, 55 to 60 years old, and had short, gray hair. He was wearing a black baseball hat and a blue jacket. His approximate height and weight are not known.</p><p>He was driving a gray, two-seat pickup truck with a company name on the door, in blue writing. The make, model and year of the vehicle are not known, the sources said.</p><p>Anyone with information about the incident or the suspect is asked to call the Petaluma Police Department at 778-4372.</p>