ORLANDO, Fla. — A man who was masturbating tried to grab a woman Sunday morning when she returned to her Baldwin Park apartment after walking her dog, the Orlando Police Department said.
Police said the incident happened at about 9 a.m. near Meeting Place and New Broad Street.
Investigators said the man tapped the woman on the shoulder before trying to grab her.
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She screamed for help as she fought him off, and he fled in a four-door black sedan believed to be a Nissan or Honda, investigators said.
Nikki Conrad, who has lived in the master-planned community for two years, said she'll keep an eye out for anything abnormal.
"To have somebody like that in the neighborhood is really intimidating," she said. "It is a little scary to hear that, because I do myself -- I have a little puppy, and I walk him around all the time."
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Police described the man as black, in his 20s or 30s with short hair and a round, clean-shaven face.
Investigators believe he was wearing a red T-shirt, a black jacket and jeans.
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