A man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a girl at a bus stop in Pasadena

Pasadena police arrested a man Saturday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl while she was waiting for the bus to school.

The alleged assault happened Wednesday morning in the 300 block of North Lake Avenue. The girl was waiting at the bus stop when the man sitting next to her on the bench groped her, said Lt. Monica Cuellar.

The man left the scene on a bicycle. The girl boarded the bus when she arrived and called her parents at school to tell them what happened.

Police obtained surveillance camera footage of the incident. Farris Tollette, 57, was arrested in Pasadena in connection with the crime Saturday morning.

Tollette is “well known” to Pasadena police, Cuellar said. He gave his current residence as Palmdale.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact the Pasadena Police Department at (626) 744-4241. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.