The Long Beach Police Department sought the public’s help today in identifying a man suspected of rape.
Police said a woman was walking near an alley close to West 10th Street and Pacific Avenue on Wednesday, Jan. 15 when a man approached and sexually assaulted her at around 1 a.m. The man then ran north on Pacific Avenue, police said.
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Detectives believe the same man struck a second victim in the upper body, later that morning, at about 9 a.m., in the 1200 block of Long Beach Boulevard, police said.
The suspect is described as a Black man, approximately 5 feet, 8 inches or 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighing approximately 180 to 200 pounds, with medium-length dreads and facial hair…