Vancouver police issued a public warning Thursday after a young girl was groped on the city’s west side.
At around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, a 12-year-old girl was walking along West King Edward Avenue at Pine Crescent when she stopped on the southwest corner to use her phone. A man ran up to her and quickly groped her before running south on Pine Crescent.
He is described as white, in his late 40s to early 50s, with grey stubble on his face and he may have had a noticeable freckle on his cheek by his right eye. He was wearing a black toque, a T-shirt, tight black yoga-style pants and a black backpack.
“The VPD have been working to identify this man since receiving the report on February 14,” Const. Jason Doucette said in a press release. “We want to encourage people to watch out for one another and to report any suspicious behaviour to call 911 immediately.”
Anyone who was in the area of West King Edward Avenue and Pine Crescent on Tuesday, Feb. 13 between 7:40 and 7:50 a.m., and who may have information about this incident, is asked to call detectives at 604-717-9218 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
