Police are looking for a man who assaulted a woman after he entered her home without permission.
Falls Township investigators said a female homeowner arrived to her Twisting Lane residence in Levittown Thursday after a shift at work. She suspected someone was inside her home and entered without calling police.
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At 3:55 p.m., about 45 minutes after she went into the house, she heard a noise in a bedroom as she was doing chores and found an unknown man in the house, police said.
The man struck the woman in the face and then fled out a rear door, police said.
The woman ran to a neighbor’s house. The neighbor checked the woman’s house for the man before calling police, according to a press release.
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Officers were called to the scene an attempted to track the suspect. A K-9 unit from Bristol Township was summoned to the scene to assist.
The suspect was not located after a search of the area, an investigator said.
The woman suffered a small laceration on her face and had a swollen lip, police said.
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The suspect was described by authorities as a tall white male with dark curly hair. He was wearing a black long-sleeve shirt and a white undershirt.
It was unclear to police if anything was taken from the house.
The incident comes in the midst of a burglary spree in Falls Township. Police did not say whether the spree and Thursday’s incident are related.
