OPP in Leamington are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspicious person accused of taking inappropriate photos of a youth.
Police say they responded to a report of a suspicious person at a retail store in the 200 block of Erie Street South on Tuesday around 7:15 p.m.
According to officials, a customer noticed another customer allegedly taking inappropriate photos of a young girl in a dress while shopping.
The store manager was notified by the customer and confronted the suspect, who denied any wrong doing, police say.
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The suspect then made a purchase and was seen leaving the store on foot with two young boys.
Police attempted to find the man, but were unable to.
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The suspect is described as white, between 30 and 40 years of age, around 5-foot-8 in height, with a thin build, weighing around 150 pounds, with short brown hair and a short scruffy beard.
Police say he was last seen wearing a grey/green Polo shirt, dirty blue jeans, work boots and a blue baseball cap with sunglasses on top.
Anyone with further information is asked to call OPP’s Essex County Crime Unit at 519-723-2491, OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
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