CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A 59-year-old man was arrested for allegedly having illegal sexual contact with a minor in Brooklyn.
According to the NYPD, John Russell forcibly touched and sexually assaulted a young girl on more than one occasion.
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This happened in the Crown Heights neighborhood.
The suspect was arrested back on July 30th. He's charged with course of sexual conduct against a child and acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17 years old.
Investigators now believe that other individuals may have been victimized.
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Anyone with information about this incident or others is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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