Police search for sexual abuse of 12-year-old in Queens

QUEENS (WABC) — Police are investigating after a 12-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in College Point, Queens, on Wednesday.

It happened along 23rd Avenue and 130th Street around 4 p.m.

The victim told police that she was walking down the street when an unknown man approached her.

The suspect approached the girl from behind and touched her private areas over her clothes, police said.

The suspect fled on foot in an unknown direction.

According to police, the man is described as a Hispanic man in his 40s and was last seen wearing a blue shirt, cargo shorts and sandals.

The search for the suspect and the investigation are ongoing.

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