Crime & Safety

Fake 'Landscaper' Wanted For Sex Assault In North Philly: Police

Police said the man seen here is masquerading as a landscaper and sexually assaulted a person on the first block of E. Johnson Street.

PHILADELPHIA – A man posing as a landscaper is wanted for a gunpoint sexual assault that occurred in North Philadelphia early Tuesday evening, according to police.

Philadelphia Police said the man pictured above went inside a home on the 100 block of East Johnson Street at about 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

He sexually assaulted a person in the home at gunpoint, police said.

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The man is described as a black man in his 30s with a thin build and beard. He has multiple tattoos on both arms and was wearing gray shirt with "winner" on the front, black pants, a black hat with a red circle emblem on the front, and was armed with a handgun.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the suspect is asked to please contact the Special Victims Unit at (215) 686-3251 or call 911.

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