Philadelphia Daily News Steve and Mia column: Women warned about attacker.(Column)

Byline: Steve and Mia

Nov. 28--Police released a sketch yesterday of the Center City fondler, a creep who robs women at gunpoint and then gropes them with his bumbling paws. In little more than a week, the middle-aged man has attacked five women, striking in the early morning when no witnesses are around.

Capt. John Darby, head of the Special Victims Unit, said the fondler struck again about 2:50 a.m. Sunday. He approached a 31-year-old woman on Pine Street near 18th, pulled a gun and forced her into an alley. He then demanded cash and indecently assaulted the woman. "We have five cases that we believe are attributed to the same offender," Darby said. …