Article: 2 WOMEN ASSAULTED BLOCKS APARTWITHIN 25 MINUTES THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ATTACKERS ARE SIMILAR IN THE DOWNTOWN INCIDENTS.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)(POLICE REPORT)(Column)

Byline: Ed Treleven Wisconsin State Journal

Madison police are investigating two sexual assaults that occurred Downtown within 25 minutes of one another early Wednesday and just blocks apart.

A 20-year-old woman reported she was walking in the 200 block of Marion Street about 12:25 a.m. when a man approached her from behind and grabbed her by the shoulders. He then reached under her dress, shoved her to the ground and pinned her down. He fled when a vehicle passed by, the woman told police.

At 12:50 a.m., a 49-year-old woman was sitting outside a Laundromat in the 300 block of South Bedford Street when a man sat on the bench next to her and ...

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