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ST. PETERSBURG - Police on Tuesday released a composite sketch of a man suspected of molesting a 10-year old boy Sunday.
The man forced a sexual act on the fourth-grader after abducting him from his front yard during a yard sale. He later released him. An hour later, a second boy, 9, was approached. Police suspect the same man.
The man, driving a white, '90s-model Cadillac, approached the 10-year old at his home between Central Avenue and 13th Avenue N. After talking to the boy about Yu-Gi-Oh trading cards, he persuaded the boy to get into his car and drove to a nearby location, where the act took place. An hour later, between 16th and 37th streets, another boy was approached in the alley behind his house. The man asked the boy to get into his car, but drove away when the boy's mother called for him.
The suspect is between 50 and 60 years old, 5'10" and 160 pounds. He has white hair in a ponytail and a goatee.
Anyone with information was asked to call Detective Lorry Dunn at (727) 892-5187.