Naked man attacks woman in Pennypack Park

Police are looking for a naked man who attacked a woman near Pennypack Park early yesterday morning.

The 40-year-old victim was on the 8300-block of Frankford Avenue in Holmesburg when a naked man reportedly came out from the woods and tried to sexually assault her around 12:30 a.m.

A school police officer who was driving by stopped to help the woman. The attacker is described as a 30- to 35-year-old white male who is about six feet tall, weighs about 200 pounds and has short blond hair.

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