Crime & Safety
Update: Sexual Assault was Motive in Home Invasion, Police Say
Police are still searching for the suspect in a home invasion and burglary Thursday. Now, they say, he had sexual assault on his mind.
A man who police were searching for Thursday in a suspected theft case is now wanted in connection with plans to sexually assault the resident whose house he had broken into.
The suspect is a man in his early 20’s with dark skin who stands approximately 5’7” and has a small to medium build. He was last seen wearing a sleeveless blue shirt, grey basketball shorts and a do-rag, police said in a press release Friday.
On Thursday, he broke into a residence on the 400 block of Buttercup Creek Boulevard. Police discovered Friday that the motive was the sexual assault of the occupant.
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The police are now seeking the public’s help to identify the man, and are ”applying every available resource,” to identify and locate him.
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