Police are searching for a man who they say tried to abduct a nine-year-old girl from the New York Aquarium Thursday evening.
Police say the man approached the girl in the aquarium’s parking lot in Coney Island as she was walking to her family’s car, grabbed her hand and then started to walk off to another area. He was disrupted by a bystander and the girl was able to run away unharmed.
The suspect then ran off. Police are describing him as being between 18 and 23 years old, 5’6” tall and weighs 135 pounds.
They say his hair was in dreadlocks, and he was last seen wearing a red shirt, black jeans and a red earring.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.