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Suspect Sought In PSTA Bus Child Abuse Case: Clearwater Police

Detectives are looking for a man in connection with a child abuse case on a PSTA bus in Clearwater, police said.

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Detectives are looking for a man in connection with a child abuse case on a PSTA bus in Clearwater, police said.
Detectives are looking for a man in connection with a child abuse case on a PSTA bus in Clearwater, police said. (Courtesy of Clearwater Police Department)

CLEARWATER, FL — Detectives are looking for a man in connection with a recent child abuse case on a Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority bus, Clearwater police wrote in a Facebook post.

The incident happened when the bus stopped at State Road 580 and Sabal Springs Circle.

As the man moved to get off the bus, he pushed the head of a 14-year-old boy who was a passenger into the window, police said.

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The date of the incident wasn’t provided.

The suspect is a white man about 50 years old with a heavy build, police said.

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He was wearing a Tampa Bay Rays Yandy Diaz shirt and a light brown beanie.

Anyone with information is asked to call 727-562-4242.

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