EUSTIS, Florida—A woman who was jogging on Country Club Road in Eustis Friday morning was grabbed from behind by a man in what police describe as a “bear hug” and she fought him off with a water bottle, police say.
The woman was jogging northbound around 10:30 a.m. when the man came up behind her and grabbed her in a “bear hug” and thrust his hips into her in an aggressive and sexual manner, Eustis Police Department Capt. Jon Fahning told Inside Lake.
The victim hit the unidentified man with a water bottle, and he fled southbound on Country Club Road. The woman was not injured, Fahning said. The suspect is described as a black male, approximately 6 feet tall, wearing all black, including a black hoodie and a black and blue mask.
“She didn’t get a really good look at him,” Fahning said.
A neighbor and another man were in the area during the incident, heard the commotion and ran over to help the woman, but the suspect had already fled. EPD spent Friday canvassing the area and both the road patrol division and the criminal investigation division are working on the case, Fahning said.
EPD is asking anyone in the area who may have seen the man or captured him on video to call them at 352-357-4121.
