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Woman attacked by masked man on jogging trail in Peachtree City

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — Peachtree City police are investigating after a woman jogging was attacked by a man in a mask last week, the Fayette County Citizen reported.

Police told the Citizen that a woman was out on a run on one of the city’s cart paths on June 14 at about 6:30 p.m. when the man in a mask approached and attacked her.

“She did fight back and remove his mask during the struggle,” police said.

The woman told police that the man then ran into the entrance of the Balmoral apartment complex nearby.

Police said the criminal investigations divisions is looking into the attack.

The woman has not been identified and police did not give a description of the attacker.

On June 17, a 14-year-old girl was jogging with members of her cross-country team when a man in black jumped out of the woods and tried to grab her. The girl was able to run away. She described the man to police as wearing a black hoodie, black pants, a black beanie and possibly holding a guitar case.

That incident happened around 8:30 a.m. at Peachtree Ridge Park. Police searched for the attacker but couldn’t find him.

It’s unclear if the two attacks are connected. The two locations are just over 60 miles apart.


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