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News Nearby: Ross Police to Announce Arrest Warrant Issued for Man Who Attacked Two Women

The suspect was not in custody and police did not know where he is as of 2:30 p.m., Ross Police spokesman Sgt. Benjamin Dripps said.

have scheduled a 5 p.m. press conference to announce that an arrest warrant has been issued for a suspect in the two recent sexual assaults of women in Ross. 

The suspect was not in custody and police did not know where he is as of 2:30 p.m., Ross Police spokesman Sgt. Benjamin Dripps said.

The press conference will be held downtown at Allegheny County's Office of the Medical Examiner, Dripps said.

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The two assaults, one which occurred Saturday, Jan. 7, and the other Monday, Jan. 9, Both occurred in the early morning hours after the women returned from walking their dogs. 

, both Ross Township and West View police placed extra patrols in the area's more than two dozen apartment complexes as they searched for the man behind the attacks.

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Ross Township Police are also offering in response to the attacks. 

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