Man believed to have assaulted woman in stairwell
By: Freeman Klopott
Examiner Staff Writer
May 26, 2009
Montgomery County police are searching for a man who they believe sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman in a Silver Spring apartment building stairwell.
The man started following the woman after she got off a Ride On bus on April 30, police said late last week. He repeatedly asked for the woman’s telephone number as he followed her into a stairwell at an apartment building at 8860 Piney Branch Road.
The woman told the man she had a boyfriend and asked to be left alone, police said. The man then grabbed the woman in an inappropriate area, she screamed, and he grabbed again and then fled.
The assailant is black and between 20 and 30 years old. He’s about 6 feet tall and weighs around 150 pounds. He was wearing black boots and a black long-sleeve T-shirt at the time of the attack.
Anyone with information is asked to call 301-565-5835.
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