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WASHINGTON – Arlington County Police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman in a mall parking garage Wednesday.
The attack follows a sexual attack of a female jogger in Arlington on the Four Mile Run bike trail Tuesday around 8 p.m.. Police say a 23-year-old woman was .
Dustin Sternbeck, Arlington County Police spokesman, says they are not linking the crimes but says women need to be aware of their surroundings.
In the most recent incident, a 23-year-old woman was walking to her car on the fourth level of the parking garage around 2:30 p.m. at Ballston Common Mall, when a man approached her from behind.
Sternbeck says the man lifted her skirt up and assaulted her with his hands.
Sternbeck says she screamed and the suspect ran off, toward a northeast stairwell.
The suspect is described as a black man, between the ages of 17 and 25, he’s about 6-feet tall, weighing 150 pounds. Sternbeck says he was wearing dark, baggy pants, a light colored T-shirt and a dark, black knit hat.
The woman did not seek medical treatment and waited a bit before calling police.
Sternbeck urges anyone who’s a victim of a crime to call police immediately and to be aware of their surroundings at all times.
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