ARLINGTON, Va. — Police are searching for a man they say went into a home and sexually assaulted a sleeping girl in Arlington early Wednesday morning.
According to the Arlington County Police Department’s Special Victims Unit, officers were called to a home on N. Glebe Road just before 7 a.m. for a sexual assault that happened during a burglary.
When officers arrived they learned a young girl was sleeping when she woke up just after 1 a.m. and found a man had gotten into her house. The suspect then touched the girl inappropriately. She kicked him and he left.
The girl said the suspect came back later and tried to convince her to leave with him. He left after she refused.
WUSA9 spoke to a woman who lives across the street from the Ballston Park community who says she was horrified and shocked to hear what happened.
"It is quite upsetting," she said, "it is quite upsetting for that ten year old girl and her family."
She's lived in the neighborhood for five years and says while she's noticed some more crime lately, she never expected something like this to happen.
"I've never heard of anything like that happening around here," she explained.
Ashley Savage with Arlington County Police says the department is on high alert and has extra patrols around the area to look for the attacker.
"This is a trop priority for the police department," she explained.
The suspect is described as a man between 25 and 45 years old. He has dark hair and was last seen wearing a white shirt and light-colored shorts.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective McGuire at 703-228-4173 or tmcguire@arlingtonva.us. Information may also be provided anonymously through the Arlington County Crime Solvers hotline at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).
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