OSHAWA -- Police are looking for a man whose unwanted advances toward a young woman escalated to inappropriate touching last month.
The 25-year-old victim told Durham police she and a friend were riding the bus in Oshawa on the evening of Oct. 8 when the stranger struck up a conversation, asking inappropriate questions. The intrusion turned physical when the man twice kissed the woman on the mouth -- once while on the bus and again when she and her friend arrived at their destination on Victoria Street in Whitby, police said.
When the man followed the woman into a store staff intervened, asking him to leave. He waited outside until the female store manager confronted him, police said. The man fled on foot.
He's described as a man of East Indian descent with a light complexion and a shaved head, with a medium build. The man, believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s, spoke with an accent and wore a dark brown jacket with a light blue sweater under it, dark jeans and white running shoes and carried a small black bag.
Anyone who can assist the investigation is asked to call police at 905-579-1520, ext. 5325 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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