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Man Resembling Composite Sketch of Sex Assault Suspect Reported on Capital Crescent Trail
Police search for man who a female jogger said resembled an attacker on the trail last year.
Update, 3:50 p.m.: After a search of the Capital Crescent Trail, Second District officers did not find the man reported to resemble the composite sketch of a suspect in a sexual assault case on the trail last October, according to a police spokeswoman.
Original post, 12:28 p.m.: A man resembling a police sketch of a man who sexually assaulted a woman on the Capital Crescent Trail last year was reported on the trail this morning, according to Montgomery County police.
A woman jogging on the trail reported seeing the man, according to police spokeswoman Angela Cruz. Second District Police responded to the trail to search for the man, Cruz said.
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It wasn't clear where on the trail the man was spotted. The second district includes Bethesda and Chevy Chase.
Last October, a 21-year-old woman jogger told police she was on the Capital Crescent Trail.
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The incident happened near the 4900 block of Brookeway Drive in Bethesda.
A composite sketch of the suspect was released to the media and distributed throughout the community.
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