Suspect sought in alleged sexual assault of toddler

Halifax Police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred on Friday evening in Halifax.

Police received a report that at approximately 7:30 p.m., a man in the area of Wood Avenue approached a toddler. She had been outside playing with a group of children when the man asked her to come with him. The man took the girl behind a building where he proceeded to touch her in a sexual manner and then left the area.

The suspect is described as a black man with a chubby nose and cheeks and was wearing a bicycle helmet and riding a bicycle.