(WWJ) Officers from the Detroit Police Department will have boots on the ground today, searching for a suspect wanted for the attempted abduction of a child.
The DPD said police officers would be handing out flyers in neighborhoods on the city's east side Wednesday, as the hunt continues for the man.
The suspect — depicted in a composite sketch on the flyer — is described as a Black male in his 30s, around 5'8'' tall and 150 lbs., with a slim build and a medium brown complexion, ungroomed black hair and brown eyes. At the time of the crime, he was wearing a dingy white t-shirt with dirty blue jeans.
The young victim to investigators that the man had a foul body odor and chapped lips, and that his eyes were "bloodshot red."
According to investigators, the suspect grabbed and sexually assaulted a little girl was she was walking home from Carstens Elementary/Middle School, on Tuesday, Sept. 21.
The child was walking northbound on Dickerson Ave. from East Jefferson Ave., at around 3:45 p.m., when the man suspect approached her from behind, police said.
It's alleged he grabbed the girl by the hair and pulled her onto a porch in the 1100 block of Dickerson where he tried kissing her on the mouth before attempting to take off her shirt.
When the child's tablet began ringing, the man pushed the victim onto the porch and ran away.
Anyone who can identify the suspect in the sketch, or who has any information that could help investigators with this case is asked to call the DPD's Sex Crimes Unit, Det. B. Herndon at 313-596-1287. To remain 100% anonymous, those with information can call the Crime Stoppers tip line at 1-800 SPEAK UP (1-800-773-2587).
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