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Cops Seek Man Molesting Girls In Queens
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Jen Chung
Published Nov 30, 2011
Modified Nov 30, 2011
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Police are seeking the public's help in finding a man is suspected of sexually abusing 12-year-old girls in Queens. According to cops, he has been luring girls to his car in the Elmhurst section.
According to WCBS 2, "The first incident took place on November 7 around 8 a.m. near 54th Avenue when the suspect pulled up next to a 12-year-old girl in a white sedan. Authorities said the suspect got out of the car and asked the girl if she knew an address. The victim got into the suspect’s car, where he touched her intimate parts over her clothing, police said. The victim left the car and the suspect fled the scene."
The second incident occurred on November 25 around 4 p.m.: Near 55th Avenue, "the suspect stopped and asked another 12-year-old girl for directions and subsequently proceeded to touch her intimate parts over her clothing."
The police have released a sketch of the suspect, who is described as 6-feet tall and about 40 years old and his car is a white sedan with a green, white and orange or red flag sticker on the driver’s door with an eagle in the middle. Anyone with information is urged to contact NYPD Crimestoppers.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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