SILVER SPRING, Md. — A man is facing charges after police say he sexually assaulted a woman during an armed robbery on a trail in Silver Spring Tuesday.
According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, officers were called to the 10700 block of Columbia Pike around 3 p.m.
The victim told police a man approached her on the Northwest Branch Trail and took out a weapon before sexually assaulting and robbing her. The man left before the police arrived.
Officers began searching the area and the suspect was found with the assistance of the Maryland State Police helicopter, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit and Maryland-National Capital Park Police.
Police have not released any information regarding the identity of the suspect.
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to an assault on a woman who was running along Arlington Boulevard Trail. Arlington County Police Department public information officer Ashley Savage said they received reports of similar assaults from six different victims between November and December, in the Clarendon, Courthouse and Radnor/Fort Myer Heights neighborhoods.