Police have released an artist’s sketch of a suspect in connection with a sexual assault that occurred last week on December 30, at 8:00pm near the intersection of Ocean Boulevard and Cherry Avenue.
If you have any information about the suspect sketch at right, call the Long Beach Police Dispatch Center at 562.435.6711 or the Long Beach Police Department Sex Crimes Tip line at 562.570.7878.
The suspect is a Hispanic male between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-11 of average build, wearing a black ski mask with red trim around the eyes. The suspect is believed to have green/hazel eyes, long eyelashes and a small pockmark-type scar above his right eyebrow, according to a press release.
Police believe last week’s incident links the suspect to another sexual assault that occurred in August, 2008.
In both attacks the suspect entered his victims’ property through unlocked windows. Police say that last week the man confronted a woman in her mid-20s as she stepped out of the shower and forced her into the living room where the assault occurred. The nature of the attack leads detectives to believe the suspect is connected to the August 2008 attack.
Police remind residents to check your homes for unlocked doors and windows.