Sexual assault near park reported by 11-year-old

8/17/2004

Toledo police are investigating a report that an 11-year-old city girl said she was sexually assaulted by an unknown man near a South Toledo park.

The girl said she was with her cousin Thursday evening behind Danny Thomas Park in the 2200 block of Broadway when the man befriended them.

When her cousin walked away, the girl said the man assaulted her, police said. She said the man fled when her cousin returned.

The girl described the man as white; about 37 years old; 6 feet, 1 inch tall; about 175 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a tan T-shirt; black, knee-length shorts; a black baseball cap with yellow, and went by the name Red.