Police: Woman Attacked Inside Columbiana Centre

A female told Columbia Police investigators that she was attacked when she was exiting the public restrooms in Columbiana Centre Wednesday morning. 

The female victim told investigators that the man grabbed her around her face and neck from behind, according to a news release from the Columbia Police Department.

The man tried to fondle the victim under her skirt, but she fought back using her hands and her high heels as weapons, she told police. The victim kept screaming, and the man ran out of the mall. 

The victim didn't receive any serious physical injuries. 

Investigators with the Columbia Police Department's Special Victims Unit asked a SLED forensic artist to draw a composite sketch. 

The victim described the man as 25 to 30 years old, 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighing about 250 pounds. He may have a beard, and he may have been wearing a dirty white t-shirt and dark pants at the time of the attack. 

Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott urges anyone with information about the crime to contact Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.