London police are warning sex workers about a man who allegedly assaulted a woman before tasering her and stealing her vehicle early Monday&nbsp;morning.&nbsp;

Shortly after midnight, a man went to a home on Wellington Street near Simcoe Street after communicating with a woman through an online ad.&nbsp;

Police say the woman was assaulted and tasered before the man stole her vehicle and fled. Police say she suffered&nbsp;minor injuries.&nbsp;

The suspect is described as a black man, about 5'8 and 200 lbs, between 25 and 40-years-old. He has&nbsp;short hair, is clean shaven and was wearing a black and grey toque and a black hooded sweatshirt.&nbsp;

The stolen vehicle is a 2019 red Toyota Rav4.&nbsp;&nbsp;

London police began notifying sex workers of potentially dangerous customers in 2018. It followed the killing of Josie Glenn,&nbsp;a London woman who worked in the sex trade.

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