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Dec 12, 2007 7:05 pm US/Eastern
Woman Assaulted After Getting Off The 'T'
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The 25-year-old woman told police the attack happened after she got off a Green Line train in Brookline Village around 1:30 a.m.
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Police say they are looking for a man who attempted to rape a young woman after she got off the "T" in Brookline early Wednesday morning.
The 25-year-old woman told police the attack happened after she got off a Green Line train in Brookline Village around 1:30 a.m., as she was walking toward her home.
According to police, the suspect started talking to the victim while they were both on the train. The victim said the suspect told her his name was Sammy Prado and he worked at the Whydham Hotel.
When the victim got off the train, she said the suspect followed her through a park and down Cypress Street.
While she was on the cell phone with her mother, police say the suspect attacked. "All the mother could then hear was 'Leave me alone, get out of here.' And the phone went dead," said Captain John O'Leary of the Brookline Police Department.
According to police, the suspect broke the phone, forced the victim into a driveway and attempted to rape her -- but she fought back. "She yelled, she screamed, and she was able to break free from him," explained O'Leary. "She ran to the nearest door, banged on the door and was able to get inside the doorway."
The woman was shook up, but not hurt. Police say the victim did a great job fending off her attacker.
The suspect is described as a light-skinned Hispanic male about 5'2" – 5'3" tall with a medium build. He was wearing a dark navy blue hoody at the time of the attack.
Police are now looking to see if this suspect in this attack is linked to an attack that happened last fall at a "T" stop near 1200 Beacon Street in Brookline.
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