Authorities are looking for a man who allegedly kidnapped a 9-year-old girl from a Queens supermarket and sexually abused her before dropping her back at the same location where he found her, officials say.
According to investigators, the girl was near 213th Street and Jamaica Avenue -- in a supermarket with her grandmother -- around 7:20 p.m. Thursday when a strange man approached her and led her outside.
Authorities say he took her into his vehicle, described as a four-door Honda Civic sedan, and drove off. He allegedly forced her to perform a lewd act in the car and dropped her off before driving away again in the same car.
It wasn't clear how long the girl was gone.
Emergency personnel took the girl to a hospital.
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The suspect is described as being heavyset with clear glasses. He was wearing a blue MTA hat, a pink shirt and jeans at the time of the attack. Authorities released a surveillance image of him.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
