UPDATED: Sheriff’s department looking for unknown man who assaulted woman near University Meadows apartments

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Though detectives are tracking down tips collected since Sunday, no suspect has yet been brought in for a Sunday morning assault near University Meadows apartments.

The Isabella County Sheriff’s Department is looking for an approximately 20-to-24-year-old man who assaulted a woman at about 3 a.m. near Sterling Way.

The woman was walking by the apartment’s office building in Union Township when the man ran toward her and strangled her with a gray sweatshirt, according to a release from the ICSD. He began to drag her toward the fence separating the area from BioLife Plasma Services, 4279 E. Blue Grass Road, when she managed to scream, prompting the man to flee.

She then ran to a nearby apartment and banged on the door until she was able to enter and call the police.

“Physically, she’s okay,” said Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski. “She’s got some scrapes and some bumps and bruises,”

She described the assailant as standing about 5 feet and 10 inches and about 170 pounds with a muscular build, with short, spiked blonde hair. He was wearing faded jeans and a white T-shirt.

Police are pursuing information collected as a result of the released forensic sketch, Mioduszewski said.

He said the warmer weather encourages many to walk around at later hours, but travelers should still exercise caution.

“Mount Pleasant is a safe community, but things do happen,” Mioduszewski said. “We recommend that you walk with somebody else, at least have somebody with you in case something happens.”

If you have any more information about the crime or may know of the suspect’s location, call the ICSD at 772-5911.