Authorities in Birmingham and Chicago are investigating separate incidents of sexual assault. Birmingham Police have issued a CCTV appeal to identify a man related to an assault that occurred on January 16, when a woman was approached from behind and assaulted on Lister Street at 5:30 pm. Concurrently, Chicago has seen a series of sexual assaults, including an incident in Lincoln Park resulting in a 30-year prison sentence for a registered sex offender. Police have increased patrols in Birmingham's city center near the university and released CCTV footage. In Chicago's Boystown neighborhood, a woman was sexually assaulted during a home invasion, and detectives are currently questioning a suspect. Another attack in Chicago's North Side involved a man who broke into a woman's residence and assaulted her on Saturday night.
A man beat and sexually assaulted a woman Saturday night after breaking through the door of her North Side residence, Chicago police said. https://t.co/8vdBYvIX6b
Detectives are questioning a suspect after a home invader attacked and sexually assaulted a woman in Boystown. https://t.co/4Q9nNN1AFd
A woman was attacked and sexually assaulted during a home invasion in Boystown yesterday morning, Chicago police say. Detectives are questioning a suspect. https://t.co/4Q9nNN1AFd
Police increase patrols after sex assault in city centre near university and issue CCTV appeal https://t.co/wsDWKEeXMG https://t.co/t5J4p8sdDe
A registered sex offender was sentenced to 30 years in prison this week for sexually assaulting a woman during a home invasion and SWAT standoff in Lincoln Park. https://t.co/oV3qKX95EI
#APPEAL | Recognise this man? We're looking to speak to him after a woman was sexually assaulted in Birmingham. At 5.30pm on 16 January, the woman was walking in Lister Street where she was approached from behind and assaulted. https://t.co/Cl3aN0Q6AR