Police: Man posing as maintenance worker sexually assaults apartment resident

Arlington County police on Monday released new photos of a man they suspect sexually assaulted a woman at her apartment Sunday morning. (Courtesy Arlington County police)
Arlington County police on Monday released new photos of a man they suspect sexually assaulted a woman at her apartment Sunday morning. (Courtesy Arlington County police)
Arlington County police on Monday released new photos of a man they suspect sexually assaulted a woman at her apartment Sunday morning. (Courtesy Arlington County police)
Arlington County police on Monday released new photos of a man they suspect sexually assaulted a woman at her apartment Sunday morning. (Courtesy Arlington County police)
Police released a video on May 17 showing the suspect running on the sidewalk along Wilson Boulevard in Rosslyn several blocks from where the woman was attacked. (Courtesy Arlington County police)
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Arlington County police on Monday released new photos of a man they suspect sexually assaulted a woman at her apartment Sunday morning. (Courtesy Arlington County police)
Arlington County police on Monday released new photos of a man they suspect sexually assaulted a woman at her apartment Sunday morning. (Courtesy Arlington County police)

UPDATE 5/12/2017: The Arlington County police released a surveillance video Friday of the suspect trying to enter another building on Key Boulevard. He gets as far as the concierge, who refuses him further entry. See above for the video.

WASHINGTON — Arlington County police are looking for a man who posed as a maintenance worker at an apartment building and sexually assaulted a resident Sunday morning.

The incident happened at around 9:45 a.m. in the 1500 block of Key Boulevard, police said in a news release.

photo composite of sex assault suspect
Arlington County police released this surveillance footage of a man suspected of posing as a maintenance worker and sexually assaulting an apartment resident on Sunday, May 7, 2017. (Courtesy Arlington County police)

Police said a man entered the building and began knocking on various apartment doors claiming to be a maintenance worker. Police said he scuffled with a female who opened her door, and then sexually assaulted her.

Police released security footage of the suspect, who was described as a black male in his early 20s, about 6 feet tall with a slim build. Police said he was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, dark pants and was carrying a backpack at the time of the incident.

Police have asked those with information to contact Detective P. Pena of the Arlington County Police Department’s Special Victim’s Unit at 703-228-4183 or at ppena@arlingtonva.us.

Information can also be reported anonymously, by calling Arlington County Crime Solvers at 866-411-TIPS (8477).

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