NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) — Police released photos of a man they are looking to identify for allegedly attempting to lure a child on a Harlem street last month.
At approximately 7:03 p.m. on Friday, April 19, a 7-year-old girl was opposite Martin Luther King playground, located at 70 Lenox Avenue in Harlem, when she was approached by the man who stated he was her father's friend, and wanted to bring her to his house.
The girl screamed and fled on foot away from the man. Hel then fled on foot southbound on Lenox Avenue and then got on a Citi bike to parts unknown.
NYPD
The suspect being sought is approximately 40 to 50 years of age and was last seen wearing a black long sleeve shirt, a white baseball jersey, dark jeans, gray sneakers, black face mask, orange Du-rag, black hat and riding on a Citi bike.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
