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A teenage girl was able to flee to safety after she was grabbed by a man who exposed himself on an Orléans pathway but the flasher is still at large, police say.

Police are now asking the public to help them identify the suspect in the May 31 incident.

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The girl was heading home along Prestwick Drive at about 10 p.m. then had entered a lit pathway when the man grabbed her arm and exposed himself, police said. She broke away and ran home.

The suspect is a white male, about 30 to 40 years old and five feet eight inches tall with a grey goatee and broad shoulders. He was wearing a black or grey puffy jacket, black tuque, black pants and black construction boots.

Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Jean Begin of the east-end criminal investigation unit at 613-236-1222 ext. 6196. Anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477 or by downloading the Ottawa police app.