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Police: Man Grabs 13-Year-Old Girl In Brighton Beach

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Police are looking for a man who they say touched a 13-year-old girl in Brighton Beach.

Police said the man grabbed the teenager's buttocks as she was walking along Coney Island Avenue Friday around 7:40 p.m. The man then reportedly fled on foot toward Brighton Beach Avenue.

The suspect is described as a 50-year-old white man just under 6 feet tall with long grey hair.  He was last seen wearing brown work boots, blue jeans, a black t-shirt and a black coat.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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