Law enforcement is searching for a Santee driver who grabbed a woman’s arm and dragged her alongside his truck as she recorded him with her cellphone.
The incident started at 1 p.m. on July 10 as an 18-year-old woman was walking in the 8700 block of Mesa Drive in Santee.
A man pulled up in a white truck and started making comments about her sexuality, according to San Diego County Crime Stoppers.
In response, the woman pulled out her cellphone and started recording the man, walking up to the driver’s side of the truck.
Investigators say the man got hold of the victim’s arm, pulled her partially into the truck’s window and hit the gas. Hanging out the window, the woman was dragged several feet, falling to the ground when the man stopped his truck. She suffered cuts and bruising to her body.
Before driving away, the man threw the woman’s cellphone at her head. It hit her in the temple, Crime Stoppers says.
The victim told officials that the suspect’s vehicle may be a white, two-door Ford Ranger truck with a ladder on top. It has small purple stripes running along its sides.
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Investigators believe the suspect lives in the area of Mesa Road and Prospect Avenue in Santee, and he is described as a white man between 40 and 50 years old, sporting a goatee.
If you know anything about the man’s identity or location, call Crime Stoppers’ anonymous tip line at 888-580-8477.