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Police seek man suspected of molesting girl, 5, in Rockville Memorial Library

WASHINGTON 鈥 A 5-year-old girl says she was grabbed and molested by a man inside a library in Rockville, Maryland, Saturday, police said.

Montgomery County police said the child was in the children鈥檚 section of the Rockville Memorial Library around 6 p.m. when a man came up to her, pulled down her pants and then touched her.

When that happened, the child screamed and ran to her parents who called police, according to a news release from Montgomery County police.

Investigators arrived and looked at surveillance video, and police say the possible suspect was seen 鈥渓ingering in and around鈥 the children鈥檚 section for about 1 1/2 hours before the incident.

The description of the suspect is vague; police say he is a white man with a possible thin goatee and a medium build.

Anyone with information regarding the investigation should call police at 240-773-5448.

Below is where the library is located.

John Domen

John has been with 海角社区app since 2016 but has spent most of his life living and working in the DMV, covering nearly every kind of story imaginable around the region. He鈥檚 twice been named Best Reporter by the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association.聽

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