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Attacks Raise Fears in Subdivision
Reported By: Blair Meeks
Web Editor: Michael King
Last Modified: 3/30/2007 8:53:56 AM
Attacks Raise Fears in Subdivision
Reported By: Blair Meeks
Web Editor: Michael King
Last Modified: 3/30/2007 8:53:56 AM
On the news last night that it was 10 break-ins in the same neighborhood. Police have stepped up patrols. If I were the police, I bet I could offer another option for those worried about these attacks. Strangely, no such advice....A rash of break-ins and attacks have some people in a Gwinnett County neighborhood fearing for their safety.
A 15-year-old girl who lives there was attacked and raped by an intruder in her home as she returned from school on Wednesday afternoon. While the most serious, the rape is only the latest in the string of attacks.
In the last three months, three attacks have happened in that same subdivision. One woman said she was attacked in her home at 8 a.m. as she was preparing to go to work just two weeks ago.
It was a moment she said she relives each night when she goes to sleep. She only lives a few blocks from the teen who was attacked and raped on Wednesday afternoon. When she heard about the attack, the memories came flooding back.
The woman said she heard a noise from downstairs as she was preparing for work. A few minutes later, a man in a mask burst into her room.
"And he jumped on the floor behind me and just started punching me repeatedly in the face," the victim said. "Over and over and over again."
During the attack, the man never said a word.
"I kept screaming, 'please stop - I'm pregnant. Please just stop, take anything you want'," she said.
After punching her bloody, the suspect left without taking anything. Gwinnett police have been working on that case as well as several others in the area.
"We have seen a disturbing trend in that very small area of Gwinnett County, in that subdivision," said Cpl. Darren Moloney of the Gwinnett County Police Department.
Now extra patrols have been placed in that neighborhood as police work to solve the case -- all efforts that the victim said will help.
That woman is just getting over the bruises she suffered at the suspect's hands. Police said the man got in through the kitchen. They do not know if the same man is involved in all the cases. The vague description they have received is a large man who was wearing a ski mask in at least two of the attacks.