Authorities Searching For Assault And Burglary Suspect In West Hollywood

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

WEST HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA) — Authorities are looking for a suspect allegedly responsible for assaulting a woman in the Fairfax district before breaking into another woman’s West Hollywood home less than a mile away.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, a man in his 30s assaulted an adult woman at around 12:30 p.m. on the sidewalk of the 800 block of Vista Ave in Fairfax. Police said that he pushed the victim into a garage and attempted to rape her but she was able to get free. The suspect then fled the scene.

About 15-20 minutes after fleeing the scene, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department claimed that the man pushed another woman into her apartment off the 7600 block of Hampton Avenue in West Hollywood. The victim then screamed, scaring the man before he ran away.

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