Students Foil Attempted Sexual Assault On Girl, 12, Outside LA School Restroom
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Detectives on Tuesday are hunting for a man who approached a young girl outside her Los Angeles middle school in what appeared to be an attempted sexual assault.
On November 4, 2011, about 1:15 p.m., a 12-year-old Hispanic girl attending school at George Washington Carver Middle School in the 4400 block of McKinley Avenue was waiting for a classmate outside of a restroom when a man approached her from behind, according to the LAPD.
After grabbing her arm, he forcefully pulled her while making a sexual remark. As the girl fell down while screaming for help, the suspect dragged her about 15 feet before her classmate finally emerged from the restroom and came to her aid.
Two additional male students joined the struggle and demanded the suspect release the girl, police said.
When one of the students went to get the school principal, the man released the girl and fled to the southeast corner of the campus, where he climbed a trash can to jump over a fence onto Wadsworth Avenue just south of Vernon Avenue.
The suspect, who is described as a Hispanic male with brown eyes and black hair, is between 5'9" and 6'1" tall, weighs 180 to 190 pounds and is between 30 to 40 years old.
The suspect also had medium skin tone and two cut lines or scars on his left eyebrow.
Anyone with additional information about the incident or the suspect is urged to contact LAPD Newton Division Officer Cervantes at (323) 846-6576. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477) or go to LAPDOnline.org.
