The boy fled on foot to his home during the incident at 4:45 p.m., police told Hamlet Hub.
Ridgefield Police ask anyone who has information about the incident to call 203-438-6531.
This is the latest in a series of incidents in Fairfield County in which a suspicious man driving a van has approached a child. Other incidents have been reported in towns including Darien, Redding, Norwalk and Fairfield, although some incidents have later been ruled to be false alarms.
Read the full report about the latest incident in Ridgefield here at Hamlet Hub.
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