Female jogger attacked near Porter Square last Wed PM

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/news/x55305528/Cops-Female-jogger-attacked-near-Porter-Square

A jogger was reportedly grabbed and pushed up against a wall around 10:30 pm last Wednesday night. Fortunately, she was able to get away. This happened on the pedestrian stairs that go under the commuter rail tracks, on Sacramento St. past Beacon.

According to today's Boston.com article, which unlike most of the other reports described it as a sexual assault, it wasn't reported to police until Monday. On Monday night Somerville and Cambridge police each put out a robo-call to area residents, and there were several news reports about it today.

From Wbztv.com:
"The suspect is described as a 40-year-old white man about 5 feet 11 inches to 6 feet tall, 180 pounds with a medium build. Police say the suspect has light brown, lengthy and slightly curly hair. At the time of the attack, he was wearing jeans and a baseball cap and was riding an old looking bike."

News links behind the cut:

http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/news/x55305528/Cops-Female-jogger-attacked-near-Porter-Square
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1213466020/Cops-Female-jogger-attacked-on-Sacramento-Street
http://blogs.townonline.com/somerville/?p=39901
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/17485124/detail.html
http://wbztv.com/local/jogger.attacked.somerville.2.818737.html
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO88186/
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/09/somerville_poli_2.html

Comments

[doceydo.livejournal.com]

Is that the underpass right next to Shaw's? I always thought that was pretty sketchy. When I use it (which is actually a lot) I make sure no one is coming and that no one is already in it. It's a perfect area for an attack to strike! I feel so bad for this girl.

[ron_newman]

it's next to the small Star Market (that still hasn't been renamed to Shaw's) on Beacon Street. Not the Shaw's in the Porter Square shopping center.

[doceydo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the one I meant. Scary!