Abbotsford Police looking for assault suspect

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Posted February 6, 2013 6:23 pm.

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ABBOTSFORD (NEWS1130) – Police are asking for your help in finding a man who assaulted a teenage girl in Abbotsford yesterday morning.

While walking on South Fraser Way the suspect approached the girl and directed her into a wooded area where he then tried to rob her.

The suspect is described as a Caucasian man, late 30’s to early 40’s, 5’8″, 170 pounds with a scruffy beard and blonde hair.

He was wearing a red t-shirt with an emblem on the front, black toque, baggy light coloured jeans, and initially a black fleece zip jacket with a red nylon jacket on top.

The man left walking eastbound on Essendene Avenue towards downtown Abbotsford. He was seen wearing a black jacket.

Anyone with information about the suspect or the incident should contact the Abbotsford Police Department at 604-859-5225 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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