Girl punches attacker, escapes
The view from Delamere Street, looking south on Morris Avenue, where a middle school student on the way to her bus stop said she escaped a man's grasp by punching him in the face. (Jan. 24, 2012) Credit: J. Conrad Williams, Jr.
A middle school student on the way to her bus stop Tuesday morning in Greenlawn escaped a man's grasp by punching him in the face, Suffolk County police said.
The student, 13, from Elwood Middle School, was walking north on Morris Avenue near a dirt path that leads to her bus stop on Delamere Street about 6:50 a.m., police said.
The man approached her from behind and grabbed her by the waist. "The student punched the man, causing him to let her go, and she ran to her bus stop," police said.
The man was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, dark pants and a skull cap.
A phone call to the school district seeking more information was not immediately returned.
Two students, who told police they saw the suspect before he grabbed the girl, were able to provide a description to police, said Lt. Michael O'Callaghan of the Second Precinct crime section.
He said there have been no recent reported incidents of similar attempts to grab children.
Anyone with information can call the Second Precinct Crime Section at 631-854-8268, or Crime Stoppers at 800- 220-8477.
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