Danny Nichols

Butler police are seeking the public's help in finding a city man wanted in the alleged assault of a juvenile Sunday evening.

A felony arrest warrant has been issued for 37-year-old Danny Nichols, according to a police news release. He is charged with strangulation.

Police said they were called about 6:30 p.m. for an assault at a home on Standard Avenue. Officers identified Nichols, who lives there, as the suspect and they believed he was in the house.

Police obtained both a search warrant for the home and a warrant for Nichols' arrest. He is accused of assaulting a girl. The girl was later taken to a Pittsburgh hospital with unknown injuries.

The Butler County Emergency Services Unit assisted police about 9 p.m. at the house. Authorities said that after getting no response, flash bangs and tear gas rounds were fired inside the home.

But when police searched the house about 1 a.m. Monday, the suspect was not there.

Anyone with information about Nichols' whereabouts is asked to call 911.