MARSHFIELD, MASS. (WHDH) – South Shore police are searching for a registered sex offender who allegedly tried to lure a teenage girl into his car in Marshfield.

“The driver pulled up next to a jogging teenager and offered her a ride. When she declined, he followed her until she ran away,” Marshfield police said in a statement.

The police received a report of the incident shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

Police found the car and driver on the Scituate side of the North River, where he was identified as Edmund David Chance Jr., 53, a Level 3 registered sex offender.

Police later discovered that he had not registered his move as required by law. Scituate police have a warrant out for his arrest for this violation.

Chance was last seen driving a black Lincoln Zephyr with Massachusetts license plate 4NWY15. Police say he lived at 23 Hawthorne St. on the Scituate side of Humarock.

If this vehicle or person is seen, you are asked to notify the police.

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