March 11, 2016
Source/PPD Special VIctims Unit
Police are searching for a man matching this description in a violent sexual assault Wednesday night in Northeast Philadelphia.
A woman walking in the Holme Circle section of Northeast Philadelphia was sexually assaulted around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
The woman, 22, told the Special Victims Unit that she was walking along Rhawn Street near Winchester Avenue when a man approached her from behind, covered her mouth and forced her into the woods.
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The suspect then put duct tape over her mouth, cuffed her wrists to her ankles, and physically and sexually assaulted the woman.
The suspect was described by police as a black male in his 30s with medium-light complexion, about 6-foot-tall and 250-300 pounds. He has light brown hair, scruffy beard, light brown eyes, heart tattoo with tribal symbols on chest, crooked front teeth and a blue bookbag.
If you have information that can help police, please call the Special Victims Unit at 215-685-3251.
