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Police Investigating Attempted Sex Assault Involving 2 Teens

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Philadelphia police are looking into an attempted sexual assault that happened in West Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon.

The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. on the 4800 block of Pine Street near the Pine Hill Apartments. A juvenile male suspect allegedly attempted to sexually assault a 16-year-old female, but the female was able to fight him off, and that's when Philadelphia police officers arrived on-scene.

The juvenile suspect was taken into custody.

There is no further information at this time.

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