Woman Sexually Assaulted During Home Invasion

Police are looking for a man who forced his way into a Woods Edge apartment, robbed a victim at gunpoint and sexually assaulted her.

At 2:20 a.m. Friday, New Castle County police responded to a home in the 1200 block of Terra Hill Drive, for a report of a home invasion.

The victim, 24, had woken to find a male subject standing over her with a handgun. The man demanded money and then forced her into another room in the home, where he raped her. He also stole cash before fleeing the scene.

The suspect is described as a thin, dark-toned black male in his late twenties, about six feet tall and 180 pounds. Police have release a composite sketch.

Call the New Castle County Police Department at (302) 395-8110 (attention Detective Daniel Rogers). Citizens may also provide a text tip at 847411 (TIP411); begin your message with NCCPD and then type your message.

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