WEBVTT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW. CHRIS: NEVER TALKING TO STRANGERS IS ONE LESSON THAT JOYCE SHANER TAUGHT HER CHILDREN, BUT SHE SAYS AFTER HEARING ABOUT A MAN DRESSED AS SANTA TRYING TO LURE CHILDREN HERE AT SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SHE’S KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON HER KIDS. >> I WAS SHOCKED. I REALLY DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL LATER WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS HOME. CHRIS: ALTHOUGH SHE LIVES JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL, SHANER SAYS HEARING ABOUT A MAN IN HIS 40’S PREYING ON CHILDREN WHILE DRESSED AS SANTA ON TUESDAY MORNING IS WHY SHE WALKS HER CHILD TO SCHOOL. >> IT LITERALLY CAN HAPPEN IN A SECOND. SOMEBODY CAN TAKE YOU AND THAT’S IT. CHRIS: SHE AND OTHER PARENTS RECEIVED THIS LETTER FROM THE SCHOOL’S PRINCIPAL ASSURING PARENTS THE POLICE WERE CALLED. >> I THINK THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS THE SECURITY GUARD IS OUT ON LEAVE. HE WAS INJURED IN SOME WAY. SO I THINK HAVING A SECURITY GUARD PRESENT WOULD BE HELPFUL. CHRIS: LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, THE SANTA WAS SPOTTED DOING THE SAME THING ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE DRIVE AWAY. >> THIS MORNING, WHEN WE WERE OUTSIDE SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE NOTICED THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH JOYCE SHANER SAYS ISN’T ALWAYS THE CASE, BUT SHE SAID IT’S A WELCOME ADDITION AFTER WHAT HAPPENED. BUT SHE SAYS THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE. >> THERE GOES THEIR TRUST, THEIR SECURITY. I MEAN THEY JUST -- KIDS SHOULDN’T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. CHRIS: POLICE HAVE NOT ANNOUNCED ANY ARRESTS IN THIS FAKE SANTA CASE, BUT PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOR HIS STAYING IN TOUCH AND WE WI