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ASSAULT INVESTIGATION

DATE/TIME: 5/24/2007 01:33 AM
LOCATION: Middlebrook Plaza Business, Hwy 35 and Deal Road
OFFICERS INVOLVED: Officer Dimitrios Kelesidis and Detective Timothy Torchia.
ACCUSED: Unknown Black Male

NARRATIVE
     On 5/24/07 at 01:30 AM, Police were called to the Middlebrook Shopping Plaza for a report of people yelling and screaming in the parking lot. Officer Dimitrios Kelesidis arrived and was waived down by a female party. The female reported that she was just assaulted. The female, who works as a cleaner for one of the plaza businesses, told Kelesidis that as she was emptying trash into a dumpster behind the business an unknown black male came from behind the building and grabbed her. She began to fight with the accused and managed to break free. She then ran inside the business and locked the door. Once inside the business she attempted to call a friend about the incident. She did suffer some minor abrasions but was not transported to a hospital.
     The accused is a described as a black male 20 to 30 years of age approximately six feet tall with a thin build. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with the hood up and blue jeans. He may be operating a four door white vehicle possibly an older model Lexus. Anyone that may have witnessed the incident or that has any information about it should contact Detective Timothy Torchia at 732-531-1800.