NEW YORK - NYPD detectives have arrested a suspect in connection with the sex assaults on girls in Queens, authorities said.
Authorities charged Lee Samuel, 25, of Queens, with sex abuse, forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal sex act, the NYPD said.
Earlier Tuesday, a source told Fox 5 that a man being questioned made statements implicating himself in the series of incidents that happened in South Ozone Park.
Police had been hunting the man who assaulted two girls on the same day and then exposed himself to another girl a day later.
On May 1, a 7-year-old girl was playing outside of her house just before 3 p.m. when a man grabbed her buttocks, police said. The girl's sister witnessed the incident and yelled at the suspect. He ran off.
Surveillance cameras in the area captured the suspect walking in the neighborhood, said police.
Later in the day, the man performed a sex act on a 7-year-old girl who was outside in a driveway, according to investigators.
Then Thursday, a 13-year-old girl witnessed a man fitting the suspect's description exposing himself in a car.
Police had offered a $12,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the sexual predator.
Despite the arrest, anyone with information about these crimes is encouraged to contact the NYPD Crime Stoppers:
www.nypdcrimestoppers.com
Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477)
Text your tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577
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