Atlantic City Police Searching For Sexual Assault Suspect

Officers in Atlantic City are asking for your help in identifying and locating a person wanted for sexually assaulting a person at knife-point Tuesday.

Police say they responded to the 1000 block of Drexel Avenue around 12 noon on Tuesday after receiving a report of a sexual assault. When they arrived, they met the victim, a 23-year-old who, according to cops, was assaulted at knife-point by a man.

The suspect is described as a black male in his late 20s to early 30s, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 150 pounds, and last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and gray sweatpants that were darker than the sweatshirt.

ACPD is asking residents and business owners in the area to check any surveillance cameras that may have captured an image of the suspect.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the Atlantic City Police Department Criminal Investigations Section at (609) 347-5766.

SOURCE: Atlantic City Police Department press release, 5/31/17