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Teen girl sexually assaulted while walking on Folsom bike trail

The girl told police the suspect was a white man between the ages of 20 and 30 years old wearing jeans, a black hooded sweatshirt and Timberland boots.

FOLSOM, Calif. — Folsom police are on the lookout for a man who they say sexually assaulted a teen girl on a bike trail, Friday night.

According to police, Rita McNamara reported that her 15-year-old daughter was grabbed by a man as she was walking along a bike trail in the 1200 block of Creekside Drive around 11 p.m. on Friday.

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The girl told police the suspect was a white man between the ages of 20 and 30 years old wearing jeans, a black hooded sweatshirt and Timberland boots. The girl said the man jumped out while she was walking and groped her chest. Then the girl told police the man tried to pull down her shorts. When he was unable to, she said he ran off, according to police.

"She was walking across the bridge on her way from the park. All of a sudden some guy accosted her from behind, pushed her on the side of the bridge and tried to pull her pants down," McNamara told ABC10. "[He] had her cornered. She couldn't move. He tried to unbutton her pants, couldn't get them off, started fondling her and eventually got scared off and ran away."

Officers searched the area Friday night for the man but did not find him. Now, investigators are asking the public for help tracking this person down. 

"As far as I know, she's never walked this path at night. She always gets a ride from us, so it was not normal for her to be walking at night," McNamara said.

If you have any information about this incident, you are asked to call 916-930-1098.

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