Crime & Safety

Stranger Sexually Assaults Sleeping Woman In Sterling: LCSO

Police are looking for an unknown man who sexually assaulted a woman while she was sleeping late Tuesday at a home in Sterling: LCSO.

Police are looking for an unknown man who sexually assaulted a woman while she was sleeping in Sterling.
Police are looking for an unknown man who sexually assaulted a woman while she was sleeping in Sterling. (Loudoun County Sheriff's Office)

STERLING, VA—Police are looking for an unknown man who sexually assaulted a woman while she was sleeping late Tuesday night at a home in the 120 block of North Duke Drive, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. He's described as Hispanic, around 20 years old with curly dark hair and a slight build.

Shortly before midnight, police were dispatched to the residence for a reported sexual assault. The woman said that around 11:30 p.m., she was awakened by an unknown man who was sexually assaulting her. When she woke up, he immediately fled.

Officers from the LCSO and Virginia State Police searched the area to no avail. Anyone with information is urged to call police at 703-777-1021.

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