Man's Sexual Comments Frighten Girl, 14, At Santa Rosa Bus Stop: Police

SONOMA COUNTY, CA — Santa Rosa police alerted the community Monday about an alleged child annoyance incident involving a man who made verbal sexual advances toward a 14-year-old girl at a Bennett Valley bus stop. The girl reported the incident to police, telling officers that as she waited for a bus around 7:30 a.m. Monday at Bennett Valley Road and Santa Rosa Avenue, a man approached her and asked her age, said Santa Rosa police Sgt. David Linscomb.

The girl said she ignored the man but he continued his verbal advances and asked if he could sit next to her. When she told him no, he became insistent, Linscomb said.

"He then used sexually explicit profanity to describe sexual acts he wanted to do to her," Linscomb said.

The girl then ran from the area, notifying police about the incident at about 1 p.m.

"She described being frightened of the man during the incident and felt that he was going to try to come after her if he got closer," Linscomb said.

The girl said the suspect is a white man in his 20s or 30s who is about 5 feet 11 inches with a medium build. He was bald and had a goatee and beard. The man was wearing black sweatpants with a vertical red stripe and a black puffy jacket. She described him as loud and belligerent, Linscomb said.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Santa Rosa police at 707-543-3600.

Bay City News Service contributed to this report.

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