Man allegedly assaults and rapes woman on roller skates, caught on surveillance video

Police in South Florida are on the hunt for a man who allegedly assaulted and raped a woman while she was rollerblading near the beach. There is surveillance video that supposedly depicts this.

Miami Beach police say they are looking for a suspect they say sexually assaulted a young woman early Tuesday morning who was riding along the sidewalk near the beach on skates – where this man snuck up behind her and struck.

WSVN 7 News has obtained surveillance video that captures the man in the act – and it’s horrifying to watch… because it appears to show exactly what police say happened here.

In the clip, you can see a man creep up behind this woman as she skates down the path with no idea that someone is going to attack her – and as he gets closer, he eventually wraps his arms around her neck and apparently begins to strangle/give her gas.

He brings the woman to the ground, and despite a struggle… he gains the upper hand as she begins to go limp. Police say the suspect then dragged her to nearby brush and sexually assaulted her… leaving her there to be found later by a witness.

Police say the suspect was long gone by then… and now they’re asking the public to help identify this man. Police say this was an isolated incident, but they are trying to get to the bottom of it. STAT… and already note that they have good leads and think they will find him.