Deputies seek to question woman who grabbed girl’s arm at apartment complex near Clermont

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — Lake County detectives released a composite sketch Thursday in hopes of identifying a woman who grabbed a girl’s arm earlier this month at an apartment complex near Clermont.

Deputies said the encounter happened between 7:45 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Oct. 6 near a playground at the Raintree Apartments near U.S. 27 and County Road 474.

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Investigators said a white or light-skinned Hispanic woman grabbed the 9-year-old’s arm while she was walking her dog.

They said the girl’s dog might have bitten the woman on the leg before she ran away.

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The woman is 5 feet, 3 inches tall, slender, and has blonde, shoulder-length hair. She is believed to be between 29 and 35 years old.

Deputies said she was wearing a pink-striped dress and black sunglasses and had a tattoo of the sun on her right shoulder.

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Detectives said they would like to question the woman about the incident.

Anyone with information about the woman is asked to call Lake County Detective Clay Watkins at 352-343-2101 or email him at clay.watkins@lcso.org.

See a map of the scene below:

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