York Regional Police have released a composite image of a man wanted for inappropriately touching a teenaged girl in Thornhill on Aug. 28.
At about 2:45 p.m., the 14-year-old girl was walking on Kirk Drive close to Yonge Street when the man approached her.
According to police, The man grabbed the girl and inappropriately touched her repeatedly.
She eventually escaped from her attacker and ran to a nearby restaurant. She was not hurt, police said.
The man wanted for the attack is described as Caucasian, possibly of Portuguese descent, 40 years old, five-feet, 10-inches tall with a medium build, short black hair, scruffy black beard, a big nose, yellow crooked teeth, strong body odour, and a generally unkempt appearance.
The man was wearing T-shirt, black pants and a white belt and was carrying a ripped green gym bag over his shoulder.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7071, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or leave a tip online at www.1800222tips.com
With files from yorkregion.com
- ER