PLYMOUTH COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT WANTED FOR AN ALLEGED ASSAULT OF A 69-YEAR-OLD MAN EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON NEAR AKRON.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THE REPORT OF AN ASSAULT THAT HAD OCCURRED INSIDE A VEHICLE AROUND NOON NEAR HIGHWAY 12 AND K-18 SOUTH.
THE DEPUTIES FOUND THE INJURED MALE VICTIM THAT HAD BEEN ASSAULTED INSIDE HIS VEHICLE.
HE WAS WAS TAKEN TO A SIOUX CITY HOSPITAL BY AKRON AMBULANCE.
DEPUTIES WERE TOLD THAT THE SUSPECT HAD FLED THE AREA ON FOOT.
A SHORT TIME LATER A RESIDENT IN THE AREA REPORTED A PERSON WITH A BICYCLE ON THEIR PROPERTY IN THE SAME AREA.
A PERIMITER WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, IOWA STATE PATROL AND SIOUX CITY POLICE.
AFTER A 3 AND A HALF HOUR SEARCH OF THE AREA THE SUSPECT WAS NOT LOCATED.
THE CASE REMAINS ACTIVE AND UNDER INVESTIGATION.
