

Codi Wilson, CP24.com





Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly sexually assaulted a teenage girl in the city’s downtown core on Saturday.

According to police, a 16-year-old girl was standing on a sidewalk in the area of Yonge and Elm streets when she was approached by a man, who allegedly sexually assaulted her.

Police said the man left the area southbound on Yonge Street.

The suspect has been described by investigators as a male in his 30s who is approximately five-foot-six with a medium built and a brown beard. He was seen wearing a black, backwards baseball cap, a black coat and black pants and was wearing a silver ring on his right hand.

Police have now released an image of the suspect.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call police as 416-808-5200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).