Crime & Safety

Creep Sexually Assaults 10-Year-Old On N. Corona Street: Police

Cops are looking for the man who touched the girl in broad daylight last week.

CORONA, QUEENS — Police are looking for a creep who they say sexually assaulted a girl on a North Corona street last week. The broad-daylight attack happened around 3:30 p.m. Oct. 3 on 104th Street near 39th Avenue, according to the NYPD.

The unidentified man approached the 10-year-old girl on the sidewalk, touched her groin area over her clothes and fled in an unknown direction, police said.

The degenerate was caught on surveillance video. He's described as a 30-to-40-year-old Hispanic man last seen wearing a dark T-shirt and dark shorts, the NYPD said.

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Anyone with information about the incident can call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-8477 or 1-888-577-4782 to leave a tip in Spanish. New Yorkers can also text tips to 274637 or submit them online at nypdcrimestoppers.com.

(Lead image: Police are looking for this man who they say sexually assaulted a 10-year-old in broad daylight last week. Photo and video courtesy of the NYPD)

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