Philly police seek suspect wanted in multiple sexual assaults
PHILADELPHIA - A man is wanted for multiple sexual assaults across the city of Philadelphia, sources tell FOX 29.
Law enforcement sources told FOX 29's Steve Keeley that the man is accused of committing four sexual assaults in under four weeks in different districts in the city.
FOX 29 sources say the man uses the SEPTA Broad Street Line before and after each attack, which occur in the evenings.
Sources say the sexual assaults were committed:
- January 13 - 4500 block of North 5th Street in Hunting Park
- January 13 - 1600 block of W Bristol Street in Nicetown
- January 18 - 4900 block of N Lawrence Street in Olney
- February 7 - 1300 block of W Oxford Street in North Philadelphia
Temple University confirms a student was sexually assaulted Tuesday on Oxford Street, next to Morgan Hall.
A university spokesperson says the suspect approached from behind, grabbed and grope her, before running and heading down into the subway.
Students on campus say it’s the first they are hearing of the sexual assault and say it’s unsettling. The incident happened early in the evening, about 5:30.
Law enforcement sources and police internal documents obtained by FOX 29 connect the Temple incident to the three other sexual assaults from mid-January.
Surveillance video was released by Philadelphia police two weeks ago of the attacks in Fairhill, Olney and Nicetown and images of the suspect, who is described as 19 to 21-years-old, about 5’9" with a thin build, wearing a two-tone, dark green and black, hooded puffy coat and gray New Balance sneakers.
The internal police document says the suspect could frequent the area of Broad and Girard, and also 5th and Rockland.
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