Deputies are trying to track down an attacker who sexually assaulted a woman in her North County apartment last Friday.
The victim woke up in her apartment to a man sexually assaulting her and then chased him off, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.
The attack happened just before midnight Sept. 17 at a complex on Carol View Drive, south of Birmingham Drive.
The woman described her attacker as an 18 to 23-year-old man about 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing around 120 pounds. He had a black "bowl cut" hairstyle and was last seen wearing black basketball shorts and no shirt.
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Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Sexual Assault Unit at (858) 285-6222/after hours at (858) 565-5200. You can remain anonymous by calling San Diego County Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
Sexual Assault Unit detectives are investigating the incident.
