Police search for suspect after report of sexual assault on Halifax Transit bus
Anyone with information about the incident on Route 60 is asked to contact police
Police are asking for the public's help in findinga man who allegedly sexually assaulted a girl on a Halifax Transit bus.
On Tuesday, Halifax police received a report of a sexual assault that had happened earlier in the day on the Route 60 bus traveling from Eastern Passage to the Bridge Terminal on Wyse Road in Dartmouth.
A Halifax Regional Police release said a man got on the bus, sat down beside a girlhe did not knowand touched her in a "sexual manner."
The girl left the bus and told an adult about the incident.
Police did not provide the age of the girl.
The suspect is described as a black man in his 30s, with average build, "scruffy" facial hairand medium-length tight curly black hair.
At the time of the incident, he was wearing grey sweatpants. He may also have been wearingflip-flops.
Police are asking anyone with information about the manor the incidentto call police at 902-490-5020.
Anonymous tips can also be sent to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).