11-Year-Old Girl Sexually Assaulted While Riding Queens Bus: NYPD

QUEENS — An 11-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a man while riding a bus in Cambria Heights earlier this month, police said.

A man touched the girl's hands, thighs, and buttocks while on board a Q77 MTA Bus near Linden Boulevard and Francis Lewis Boulevard on April 5 about 7:40 a.m., the NYPD said.

Authorities released images of the man on Thursday, and he was last seen wearing a black mask, a gray hooded sweatshirt, tan work boots, blue jeans, and a light blue t-shirt, according to police.

People with information are asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). They can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on Twitter @NYPDTips.