BRUTAL ASSAILANT SOUGHT IN BURBANK.Byline: Donna Huffaker Staff Writer BURBANK - Police are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the man who robbed a store and brutally attacked the owner, leaving her for dead, authorities said Tuesday. A customer found the owner in a rear area of the business on North Victory Boulevard Victory Boulevard is a major thoroughfare on Staten Island, measuring approximately 8.0 miles (12.87 km) and stretching from the west shore community of Travis to the upper east shore communities of St. George and Tompkinsville. just before 1 p.m. Monday, said Lt. Wade Taylor. The woman, whose name is not being released, was in critical condition Tuesday at an undisclosed hospital, police said. She suffered ``blunt force trauma'' to her face and had been sexually assaulted. ``This kind of violent, sexual assault is very rare,'' Taylor said, declining to say what she was hit in the face with. The customer who found the woman walked into the store around 12:30 p.m. and saw a suspicious looking man, without a shirt, standing behind the counter, Taylor said. The customer asked for the owner and the bare-chested man told him she was busy in the back. The customer left and, thinking something was wrong, came back to check things out. He peered into the store's back room and found the victim bleeding and semiconscious sem·i·con·scious adj. Not completely aware of sensations; partially conscious. on the floor, he said. She did not respond to the customer's voice, Taylor said. ``She's in bad shape. This woman was brutally, I mean brutally attacked and beaten,'' said Lt. Don Brown. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. 1999 Burbank police statistics released last June, from January to June there were four forcible forc·i·ble adj. 1. Effected against resistance through the use of force: The police used forcible restraint in order to subdue the assailant. 2. Characterized by force; powerful. rapes, 87 aggravated assaults A person is guilty of aggravated assault if he or she attempts to cause serious bodily injury to another or causes such injury purposely, knowingly, or recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life; or attempts to cause or purposely or and 42 robberies - all down from the previous year. So far, the investigation into Monday's assault has shown sexual gratification GRATIFICATION. A reward given voluntarily for some service or benefit rendered, without being requested so to do, either expressly or by implication. and robbery were the reasons for attack, Brown said, adding that a small amount of money was taken. The woman is the mother of a preschool child who typically accompanies her to work but was not at the store Monday. The woman apparently was alone when the attacker entered the business, Brown said. Investigators have a number of leads, Brown said, declining to release any details until the attacker is in custody. He described the man as ``a very dangerous individual.'' The man behind the counter was described as white, 30 to 36 years old, approximately 5 feet 11 inches tall, 200 pounds with blond hair and a muscular build. Anyone who has any information about the case is asked to call Burbank police Detective Dan Mayreis at (818) 238-3248 or Detective Matt Miranda at (818) 238-3244. |
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