Baltimore County Police Investigating Reported Sexual Assault In Towson
TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) -- Baltimore County Police are searching for a suspect who they say raped a woman inside of her apartment in Towson.
Police say it happened early Sunday morning inside the victim's own bedroom while she was still sleeping.
Officials say the victim is in her early 20's, and had invited friends over Saturday night, who then invited their own friends- the suspect being one of them.
Police say the victim did not know the suspect, but she woke up to him on top of her around 3 a.m.
"Throughout the night, those friends continued to stay in the apartment," Shawn Vinson, of the Baltimore County Police Department, said. "At one point, the victim had gone to sleep and she realized about 3 a.m. - 4 a.m. she woke up realizing the suspect was laying on top of her, in her bed, sexually assaulting her."
Police say she pushed him off and he quickly fled the apartment. She then went to the local hospital for treatment and called the police.
While this investigation does not involve Towson University, it comes just one month after a former student was arrested and accused of sexually assaulting another student in an on-campus apartment.
Both cases have left many people in the Towson area on edge.
"It's definitely disheartening, it's scary to hear," Katie Desotell, of Towson, said.
"It's scary that there's a lot of people out there still doing that," Haley Venson, of Towson, said. "I think it's very immature. I think it's violating, and I think it's insulting and it needs to be heard."
Police say this is still an active investigation. They have not yet identified a suspect.