Police are searching for a man who allegedly kidnapped a 9-year-old girl from a supermarket in Queens and forced her to perform a sex act.
According to NYPD officials, the girl was with her grandmother in a Key Food grocery store in Queens Village around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday when the unknown man approached her.
Police said the man led her out of the store and into his car, drove a few blocks away, and sexually assaulted her.
He later returned the girl to the store, and she was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
Police said the man fled in his brown Honda Civic sedan. He’s described as heavyset and was last seen wearing a blue MTA hat, clear glasses, a pink shirt and blue jeans.
Police encourage anyone with information about this incident to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips via the Crime Stoppers website.