MBTA police look to identify person of interest after indecent assault and battery on child on bus

The MBTA Transit Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a person of interest following an indecent assault and battery on a child on a bus, police said.

The incident occurred around 7 a.m. on Feb. 16 on the Route 17 bus in the area of Columbia Road/Edward Everett Square, police said.

MBTA police look to identify person of interest after indecent assault and battery on child on bus
MBTA police look to identify person of interest after indecent assault and battery on child on bus

Police on Saturday released a photograph of the person, who is wearing a white face mask, and a navy blue-and-gray hooded jacket over a dark-colored shirt and pants.

Anyone with information on this person is urged to call detectives in the MBTA Transit Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit at 617-222-1050.

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