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Shout Out: Are You Avoiding The Trails?

Patch wants to know from you, the reader, how the news of recent sexual assaults in West Hyattsville is affecting your life.

 
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Hyattsville police have been searching for suspects in a string of sexual assaults in West Hyattsville. This composite sketch produced by police shows a suspect sought in a March 20 rape described as a Hispanic man with a beige-almond complexion, standing approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing about 160 pounds. HCPD
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Hyattsville police have been searching for suspects in a string of sexual assaults in West Hyattsville. This composite sketch produced by police shows a suspect sought in a March 20 rape described as a Hispanic man with a beige-almond complexion, standing approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing about 160 pounds.
Hyattsville police have been searching for suspects in a string of sexual assaults in West Hyattsville. This composite sketch shows a suspect wanted in connection with an March 27 sexual assault in West Hyattsville. Police described the suspect as standing between 5 foot 5 inches and 5 foot 7 inches tall, weighing approximately 160 pounds.

In light of the news that area police agencies may be searching for a serial rapist who has been preying upon victims along the Northwest Branch Hiker Biker Trail in and near West Hyattsville, Patch wants to know if you have changed your routine in any way. 

Are you now carrying mace or something else to ward off attackers? Are you avoiding the trail completely now?

What is your opinion of how police have so far handled the investigation?  What do you think could be done better?

The discussion begins in the comment section below. 

Related Topics: Hyattsville Crime, Shout Out, and West Hyattsville

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