Police in Philadelphia are seeking help from the public after, they claim, a man attempted to sexually assault a child at a rec. center in North Philadelphia on Thursday, March 28.
According to police, at about 9:15 p.m. that day, a man attempted to sexually assault a child at the Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center, located along the 2500 block of N. 22nd Street.
Officials claim the man approached the child after initially encountering them inside a Red Fox corner store along the 2200 block of Lehigh Avenue.
The man is described by police as being in his mid-thirties, about five-foot, ten-inches tall and with a thin build. According to law enforcement officials, he had trimmed facial hair and was wearing black pants, a black jacket, a black baseball cap, gold watch and white and black sneakers at the time of the attempted assault.
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Police are asking anyone who may have information in this incident to contact police by calling or texting 215-686-8477.
Tips can also be sent in anonymously, here.
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