A Queens grand jury indicted an Ozone Park man for abducting an 11-year-old girl in Forest Park and sexually assaulting her before the victim’s father intervened in May.
Teddy Moussignac, 44, of 102nd Street, was arraigned Friday in Queens Supreme Court on a seven-count indictment charging him with kidnapping, assault, two counts of sexual assault in the first degree, and other related crimes.
According to the charges, on May 19, the youngster was riding her bicycle near Victory Field at around 7 p.m. with her father nearby. When the child turned off the main path, Moussignac jumped out of some bushes and allegedly grabbed the child off her bicycle, covered her mouth and nose, and then threatened to kill her if she screamed. Moussignac allegedly dragged the girl deeper into the woods, groped her, pushed her face, and punched her in the thigh. The victim sustained bruising and swelling to her face and scratches to her arms. The girl’s father saw his daughter’s bike on the path and yelled out, which startled Moussignac, who then released the girl.
The father and daughter ran back to the Victory Field section of the park and called the police. When officers from the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill responded to the 911 call, they picked up the father and daughter and conducted a canvas of the park until they spotted Moussignac, who was taken into custody. The young girl was treated for minor injuries at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.