Rapist identified as local man

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Police are searching for a Seventh-and-Shunk-street resident who has been accused of sexually assaulting a 22-year-old at a Center City subway station Sunday, Captain John Darby of Special Victims Unit announced this morning.

Alberto Isaac Navarrete Suarez allegedly forced the woman, who was waiting for the Route 47 bus at Eighth and Race streets, to a nearby subway entrance at about 9:30 p.m. where he is believed to have choked and sexually assaulted her, according to the Police Public Affairs Unit.

At 9:35 p.m., 6th District police responded to the area for a reported rape causing Suarez, whose last known address is on the 2600 block of South Seventh Street, to flee northwest toward Ninth and Vine streets, but he left his pants, shoes and wallet behind.

The woman was transported to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Suarez was described as Hispanic, 5-foot-7, 140 pounds, medium build and black hair. Identification found in his wallet listed him as Dario Gomez Lopez.

To report information, call Special Victims Unit at 215-685-3253.

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