More information about Fairmount Park attacker released

    Police have more information about the man who attacked a teenage girl yesterday in Fairmount Park.

    He is described as a Hispanic male with broad shoulders about 5’8” to 5’11” and was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and dark pants at the time.
    As NewsWorks reported yesterday, a 17-year-old girl was attacked on Valley Green Road in the Roxborough section of the park. She was able to fight the man off and escape without physical injury.

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