A courageous father saved his 11-year-old daughter from an alleged sexual assault suspect, Teddy Moussignac, in Forest Park, Queens, on Monday, according to the New York Post. The 37-year-old dad and his daughter were cycling near Myrtle Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard around 5 p.m. when she rode ahead and strayed from the main path.

Moussignac, 44, allegedly emerged from bushes near Victory Field, knocked the girl off her bike, and attacked her. Police say he covered her mouth, threatened her life, and dragged her toward a secluded area while assaulting her.

The father, noticing his daughter’s overturned bike, rushed to intervene, shouting and stopping the attack. Moussignac fled but was quickly apprehended by nearby officers.

He faces charges including kidnapping, sex abuse, assault, and endangering a child, per NYPD reports. The girl was treated at Jamaica Hospital for injuries.

Teddy Moussignac, a Brooklyn resident, has a prior sealed arrest record, police sources told the New York Post. This incident has heightened community fears about safety in less-monitored park zones, as reported by ABC 7 New York.

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