SKETCH: Suspect sought in Hawthorne kidnap attempt
Police released a sketch today of a man sought for grabbing a 13-year-old girl walking to school on a Hawthorne street.
Detectives believe the man possibly intended to sexually assault the girl as she walked to Lawndale High School on Oct. 16.
The girl described the man as possibly Latino with a dark complexion, 35 to 40 years old, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 200 pounds with curly, shaggy short black hair.
He had a large nose, and wore a tan, short-sleeved shirt.
The girl told police she was walking at 140th Street and Inglewood Avenue at 6:30 a.m. when she noticed the man ahead of her, going in the same direction.
He held his hand to his face and looked back at her several times.
Hawthorne police Lt. Mike Ishii said the man suddenly turned around and walked toward her. When he passed, he turned around and grabbed her face from behind.
The man tried to drag the girl away, but she struggled with him and broke free. The man ran west on 140th Street from Inglewood Avenue.
A business' surveillance camera captured the crime on video, but it was foggy at the time and difficult to see.
The suspect was last seen running west on 140th Street, from Inglewood Avenue.
Anyone with information about the crime was asked to call Hawthorne detectives at 310-349-2820.
Police in Maywood reported today that a man tried to kidnap a 13-year-old girl walking to
school on East 52nd Street at 6:45 a.m.
Monday.
In that crime, the man followed the girl in a dark-colored or black Ford Expedition got out and chased after her. She escaped.
Maywood police released the sketch at the right of their guy.
The man was described as Latino, 5 feet 11 inches tall, about 170 pounds, and had dark curly hair, brown eyes, acne scars, and a mole on his right cheek.
There was no immediate link between the crimes.
The suspect was last seen running west on 140th Street, from Inglewood Avenue.
Anyone with information about the crime was asked to call Hawthorne detectives at 310-349-2820.
Police in Maywood reported today that a man tried to kidnap a 13-year-old girl walking to
school on East 52nd Street at 6:45 a.m.
Monday.In that crime, the man followed the girl in a dark-colored or black Ford Expedition got out and chased after her. She escaped.
Maywood police released the sketch at the right of their guy.
The man was described as Latino, 5 feet 11 inches tall, about 170 pounds, and had dark curly hair, brown eyes, acne scars, and a mole on his right cheek.
There was no immediate link between the crimes.
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