Philadelphia police are searching for a suspect wanted in connection to a pattern of sexual assaults in and near the city's Kensington neighborhood. Police say at least three women were sexually assaulted in Kensington in recent weeks.
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police are searching for a suspect wanted in connection to a pattern of sexual assaults in and near the city’s Kensington neighborhood. Police say at least three women were sexually assaulted in Kensington in recent weeks.
The first incident happened on March 15, around Whitaker and Erie Avenues near St. Christopher’s Hospital, around 5 a.m. Police say a 35-year-old woman was walking in the area of Whitaker and Erie Avenues when an unknown Black man driving a dark-colored car drove her to a remote area where he produced a handgun and sexually assaulted her.
The most recent assault happened on April 21 near Kensington Avenue and B Streets. A 29-year-old woman was in the area of Kensington Avenue and Huntingdon Street when she was approached by a Black man driving a silver sedan offering her a ride and she accepted. The suspect drove to the area of 2600 Kensington Avenue where he produced a handgun, forced the victim into the back seat of the vehicle and sexually assaulted her.
“He’s praying on these women who we believe he feels is not going to report it. And we think some of them are not. So we need to change that,” Kearny said.
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