May 06--Police are investigating after a woman said she was sexually assaulted in an apartment in Lincoln Park this week.
The 24-year-old woman told police she was assaulted by a man about 1 a.m. Monday in the 500 block of West Arlington Place, according to Police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines.
The man met the woman at a nearby bar, according to a community alert issued by 43rd Ward Ald. Michele Smith. After the assault, the woman ran out of the apartment yelling for help and was assisted by neighbors, the alert said.
The woman had a cut on her left leg and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where her condition was stabilized, according to police.
No one was in custody as of late Tuesday, and no description of the attacker was released.
"(The case) is being handled with the utmost care to protect the victim and the neighborhood," Smith said in the alert. "This is a serious allegation, and we will be following the investigation."
Anyone with information can call police at 312-744-0064.
