Police searching for suspect after women wakes up to man sexually assaulting her
CBC News | Posted: August 3, 2018 4:46 PM | Last Updated: August 3, 2018
Suspect entered home through 2nd storey window, police say
Hamilton police are searching for a suspect after a woman was woken up Friday morning by a man sexually assaulting her.
Police said the suspect entered the victim's home — in the area of King Street West and Sterling Street — through a second storey window and proceeded to sexually assault the woman who was asleep at the time.
The woman woke up around 5:45 a.m. police said, adding that the suspect fled when the victim screamed for help.
While the victim could not obtain much of a description of the suspect, she recalled seeing the person wearing a dark or black hoodie over their head, police said.
The Hamilton Police Service Victims of Crime Unit is asking individuals and witnesses who may have further information to contact detective John Tselepakis at 905-540-5545.