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October 18, 2011

13-year-old girl raped in vacant home in E. Baltimore

A 13-year-old girl walking through East Baltimore last night was grabbed and taken into a vacant home, where she was beaten and sexually assaulted, police confirmed.

The attack occurred in the 800 block of N. Caroline St. at around 9 p.m., police said. The victim suffered scrapes and bruises and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

The suspect is described as a black, between 45 and 50 years old, 5-foot-3, and 180 pounds. He was wearing a black skull hat, a grey sweatshirt, black boots, and had a mustache.

Police spokesman Kevin brown said detectives were "investigating vigorously, and canvassing the area for possible surveillance footage and/or witnesses." He said police were working up a sketch of the suspect and hoped to release it later today.

Anyone with information was asked to call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.

The 800 block of N. Caroline St. is about a block west of Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Kennedy Krieger Institute.

Posted by Justin Fenton at 11:06 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)
Categories: East Baltimore

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Are there any video of the last sexual assault, I believe it was in an alley or near an alley that was reported several weeks ago. Maybe they are related, hopefully they can catch this person quickly and send him directly to jail.

Posted by: Steve | October 18, 2011 12:11 PM

Its a shame..baltimore city invested lots of money into cameras that were supposed to monitor crime.. in that area.. officers for Hopkins and Krieger are supposed to be in the area.. im just wondering.. Y is it that no one saw anything?

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Posted by: Denay Fields | October 18, 2011 10:22 PM

I live just across the street from there. That could have been my daughter. Somebody saw what happened, trust me, but afraid to report anything.

Posted by: Crystal | October 19, 2011 1:46 PM

this is why most of baltimore needs a cage around it until the criminals starve to death

Posted by: Bobby | October 21, 2011 1:30 PM

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Peter Hermann started covering news for The Baltimore Sun in 1990, first in Anne Arundel County and, starting in 1994, reporting on the Baltimore Police Department. In 2001, he was assigned to Jerusalem as the Baltimore Sun's Middle East correspondent. He returned in 2005 as an assistant city editor overseeing crime coverage. In 2008, Peter returned to the beat as a daily reporter and blogger. A recent BBC report featured him in a segment on the harsh realities of covering crime in Baltimore.

Coverage will focus on crime trends, problems in neighborhoods in the city and elsewhere, profiles of victims and police officers and try to offer readers a fresh perspective on one of the most vexing issues facing Baltimore and its future.

Contributing to this blog is Justin Fenton, who joined The Sun in 2005 and has covered the Baltimore City Police Department and the criminal justice system since 2008. His work includes an investigation into Cal Ripken Jr.’s minor league baseball stadium deal with his hometown of Aberdeen, a three-part series chronicling a ruthless con woman, coverage of the killing of five Amish children at a schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa., and a job swap with a British crime reporter to explore differences in crime-fighting. A special report looking into how city police handle rape cases led to sweeping reforms that changed the way sexual assaults are investigated in Baltimore. He was recognized as the best reporter in Baltimore by the City Paper in 2010 and by Baltimore Magazine in 2011.

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