Crime & Safety
Police Investigate Sexual Assault at Hastings Riverfront
The teenage victim said she was assaulted around 12:14 p.m. at MacEachron Waterfront Park.
Westchester County helicopters and police dogs assisted the Hastings-on-Hudson police in searching the waterfront area for a suspect accused of sexually assaulting a teen Thursday afternoon.
The female teenage victim reported that she was sexually assaulted around 12:12 p.m. at MacEachron Waterfront Park and was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.
Local law enforcement, including the Dobbs Ferry Police Department, got the call at 12:24 p.m. and responded to the area at 1 River St. near Harvest on Hudson restaurant. Police searched for the attacker, described as a Hispanic teenage male, to no avail.
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Police said they are not releasing any further information at this time “due to the sensitive nature of this investigation and the fact that is it very active.”
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