Authorities Thursday were investigating a report that a 12-year-old girl was sexually assaulted at a bus stop in Pasadena Wednesday morning.
The Pasadena Police Department received a call about the incident Wednesday morning, after the child, who was sitting on a bus bench next to the Metro Lake Avenue train station on Lake Avenue while waiting for a bus, was approached by a man.
Police said the man, who was described to be in his 30s, sat next to the girl and sexually assaulted her before taking off on his bicycle.
The girl, a Pasadena resident, got on the bus and reported the incident to school officials as soon as she arrived.
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It's not clear whether investigators had additional description of the man or his whereabouts.
