Crime & Safety
Silver Spring Man Charged With Assault, Attempted Rape: Police
The 25-year-old was charged with attempted first-degree rape and first-degree assault following the Friday incident.
SILVER SPRING, MD — A Silver Spring man is facing charges after police said he assaulted and attempted to rape a woman while she was walking to a bus stop.
Jerrell Lee Fullwood, 25, was arrested and charged with attempted first-degree rape and first-degree assault following the incident, Montgomery County police said in a statement.
According to police, officers responded to the 9800 block of Medical Center Drive around 5:30 a.m. for a report of a sexual assault. When officers arrived, police said they spotted Fullwood leaving the area on a bus.
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Patrol officers got on the bus and took Fullwood into custody, police said.
An investigation later revealed that Fullwood assaulted a woman while she walking to a nearby bus stop. Detectives reviewed surveillance video and discovered Fullwood was walking behind the victim before the assault, police said.
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Fullwood was taken to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit, where he is currently being held pending a bond hearing.
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