THE LOOP — Police are searching for information after a woman was attacked, raped then robbed in the South Loop early Saturday.
The woman was getting off the Red Line at Harrison and State between 3 and 3:35 a.m. when a man began to follow her, according to a warning issued by police. The woman was walking south in the 600 block of South Plymouth Court when the man grabbed her and hit her with a blunt object, according to police.
The man then forced the woman to a secluded area where he sexually assaulted her, according to police. The man took the woman's purse and ran off, according to police.
The attacker was a 20- to 27-year-old black man who was 5 feet, 8 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighed 145 to 180 pounds, according to police. He had brown eyes and a short hairstyle. He wore a black leather jacket, a black hoodie, a White Sox baseball cap and light blue jeans with white gym shoes.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police at 312-747-8380.
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