HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Hartford police are asking for help finding a 64-year-old man accused of trying to sexually assault a child.

Police say Jose Santos Pedraza lured the preteen boy into his apartment. They say the child escaped after Pedraza attempted to sexually assault him.

Police say Pedraza, who is already in the state's sex offender registry after being convicted of similar offenses in the past, fled after the incident.

He is facing charges of attempted sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor. A judge has set a bond of $250,000 should he be taken into custody.