Durham police are looking for a male suspect who is alleged to have sexually assaulted a sex worker while posing as a cop.
Police say that the suspect showed up at a room in a hotel on Consumers Drive in Whitby at around 12:30 a.m. on Jan. 24 under the guise of being a client.
It is alleged that he then verbally identified himself as a police officer and engaged in a conversation with that victim.
Police say that the victim asked the suspect to leave several times but he refused and eventually sexually assaulted her.
He is described as a black male, between the ages of 30 and 35 who is about six-feet tall with a medium build and shoulder-length dreadlocks.
“If unsure about the identity of a police officer, request a name, badge and ask to see some identification,” police said in a press release issued Tuesday afternoon.
