Another Jogger Was Sexually Assaulted In Chicago Last Week

By Stephen Gossett in News on Sep 28, 2016 9:10PM

Police are warning residents of South Shore after a female jogger was sexually assaulted along the lakefront trail last week.

The victim, 27, was jogging north on the trail, near South South Shore Drive and East 68th Street, on Thursday at around 9:45 p.m. when a man, aged 22 to 25, ran behind her, shoved her into a fence and tried to sexually assault her, according to police. The offender then fled west down 68th.

Police described the offender as a light-complected African-American, between 5'9" and 5'10", roughly 170 pounds. He has a large tattoo on his left forearm and possibly another on the right forearm, police said in an alert. At the time of the attack, he was wearing a gray T-shirt with a sports-brand logo, green camouflage knee-length shorts, and black-and-white sandals.

Police ask anyone with knowledge of the incident to call 312-747-8380.

The attack was at least the third time a female jogger was assaulted in Chicago in recent weeks. A woman was choked on Saturday, Sept. 10 in River North around 5:50 a.m. Another jogger was attacked this past Sunday, in Albany Park, at 7:15 a.m. by a stranger who grabbed and sexually assaulted her, according to police.