Woman hospitalized after attack on Carrboro bikeway
>> NUMBER ONE SOURCE FOR LOCAL
NEWS. THIS IS WRAL.
>> RIGHT NOW AT FIVE-THIRTY
CARRBORO POLICE NEED HELP
FINDING A PERSON ACCUSED OF
TRYING TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT A
WOMAN WHO WAS WALKING HER DOG
SKY 5 FLEW OVER THE AREA WHERE
THIS ALL PLAYED OUT. THANKS FOR
JOINING US. I'M LENA TILLETT
AND I'M DAN HAGGERTY. THIS AREA
HERE IS A SITE ON THE MAP THAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEAR THE
BIKEWAY HERE. THE WOMAN WHO
WAS ATTACKED SURVIVED, WENT TO
THE HOSPITAL. POLICE TELL SHE
SHOULD BE OK, BUT WR IS MONICA.
CASEY JOINS US LIVE IN KABUL
TONIGHT. MONICA, AGAIN, THIS
ALL HAPPENED NEAR THAT BIKEWAY
BUT ALSO NEAR A SCHOOL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. THIS GREENWAY
BACKS RIGHT UP TO CARRBORO
ELEMENTARY RUNS FROM GREENSBORO
STREET DOWN ON THIS AND ALL THE
WAY TO SHELTON STREET POLICE
TELL US THAT 9-1-1 CALL CAME
IN IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
IT'S USUALLY A PEACEFUL PATH
SHARED BY CYCLISTS JOGGERS AND
DOG-WALKERS. BUT THE FRANCIS
SHEALTIEL BIKEWAY BECAME A
CRIME SCENE OVERNIGHT WHEN A
WOMAN WAS ASSAULTED AND THEN
RUNNING TO A NEARBY HOUSE WHERE
THAT RESIDENT CALLED 9-1-1.
DO YOU FEEL SAFE ON THIS TRAIL?
>> KERRY WALKS DOGS ALONG THE
BIKEWAY FREQUENTLY SO FAR.
AND SO FOR ME, IT FEELS WHEN I
SEE SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME
UNCOMFORTABLE. I JUST LOOK THE
OTHER WAY.
>> AND GOLDSTEIN TELLS ME SHE
HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES EITHER
10 TO SHOCK, REALLY. AND I
THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT
HAPPENING SO CLOSE TO HOME,
ESPECIALLY IT'S A DIFFICULT
NIGHT IN THE DARK ABOUT THE
BUILDING THAT CAT WAS RUNNING
THIS MORNING IN THE DARK AND
>> TYPICALLY FEEL PRETTY SAFE.
SHE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE
ATTACK AND SHE PLANS TO MAKE
SOME CHANGES. I THINK NOW WITH
THIS HAS HAPPENED, I'M GOING TO
BE JUST MORE. WE I SAID I'M
NAMES EVEN CONSIDERING COUNTY.
NICE WITH ME. YOU KNOW THAT
TAKE THAT THING. SO AND JUST BE
MORE AWARE.
CARRBORO POLICE CAPTAIN JIM
WALKER ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO
BE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
NO MATTER HOW OFTEN YOU TRAVEL
A CERTAIN PATH IF YOU ARE IN
A ROUTINE AND THAT'S YOUR
NORMAL.
>> NORMAL ROUTE. DON'T BECOME
COMPLACENT.
>> WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR
NORMAL EVERYDAY ROUTINE.
>> NOW THAT WOMAN WAS WALKING
HER DOG ON THE GREENWAY WHEN
THIS HAPPENED, HER DOG RAN OFF
DURING THAT ATTACK. BUT THE
DOG HAS BEEN FOUND AND IS SAFE.
POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR
THAT SUSPECT AND THEY'RE ASKING
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO COME