A woman was asleep in bed with her fiancé and dog when a man broke into her home near the Milk District and sexually battered her, Orlando police said.
Police said the assailant entered the home on Hillside Avenue through an unlocked back door just before 4:30 a.m. Thursday.
Police reports provide vague and varying descriptions of the suspect. The reports describe him as possibly a black man between the ages of 25 and 35 or 30 and 40 with a thin or average build.
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Police said the woman described the man as wearing a dark hoodie and jeans with his head covered either by a hood or skull cap.
The woman’s fiancé told police he was awakened by her screaming, and then realized that someone else was in their room.
Police said a K-9 followed a track on the suspect from his last known location northbound on Robinson Street and north on Forest Avenue where the track ended.
Residents told Channel 9 they were surprised by the incident because it's ordinarily a safe neighborhood.
"Everyone has told me it's really nice," said Irene Reyes, who works a few blocks away from where the incident happened. "I didn't expect to hear what I heard cause I mean everyone here is super nice."
Police said the investigation into the sexual battery and residential burglary is ongoing.
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