Chicago police looking for man who sexually assaulted, robbed woman
Surveillance image of the suspect in an armed sexual assault and robbery Feb. 22 in the 9500 block of South Halsted. | Chicago Police
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) - Police are looking for a person who sexually assaulted and robbed a woman last week in the Longwood Manor neighborhood on the South Side.
The armed suspect approached the 18-year-old woman at 5:05 a.m. Thursday at a bus stop in the 9500 block of South Halsted and announced a robbery, according to a community alert from Chicago Police. He then ordered her to a secluded area, where he sexually assaulted her, took her money and ran away.
The suspect was described as a black male standing between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-7 with a thin build and a medium complexion, police said. He had a short, “patchy” beard and wore a black North Face fleece jacket, gray jogging pants, a black baseball cap with red under the brim and black boots.
Police released a surveillance photo of the suspect and are asking anyone with information to call Area South detectives at (312) 747-8271.