A 15-year-old boy was sexually assaulted by a man sitting next to him in a Huntington Beach movie theater as the boy’s father sat nearby, police said Tuesday.
The boy and his father were watching a movie at the Regency Theater at 7822 Warner Avenue about 7 p.m. Monday when a stranger sat next to the boy, Huntington Beach Police Department officials said.
The man began touching the boy’s groin area over his clothes, police said.
The teen told his father, who then chased after the man, but was unable to catch him.
Responding officers were unable to locate the man.
Investigators released a surveillance image of the man in hopes the public could help identify him.
The man was described as white, about 45 to 50 years old, with short brown hair and a beard. He was wearing a blue vest over a white long sleeve dress shirt.
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"It’s pretty bizarre. The guy’s got a lot of gall, (the boy had) his dad there. He’s just a sick person,” said Robert Schwarte, a Huntington Beach resident.
