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Woman Claims Man Broke Into Home, Sexually Assaulted Her In East Germantown, Police Say

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A 19-year-old woman claims a man broke into her home and sexually assaulted her, police say. The incident happened at 12:30 a.m. at her home on East High Street in Philadelphia's East Germantown neighborhood on Sunday.

Police say the woman was sleeping in her bed when she woke up to find a man standing over top of her, inappropriately touching her.

She then screamed and the man fled through a back window, according to police. The screen of the window had been removed.

She told authorities that she did not know her alleged attacker.

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No arrests have been made.

The investigation with Philadelphia Police's Special Victims Unit remains ongoing.

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