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HOUSTON<\/strong> – Houston Police are investigating a disturbing pattern of assaults.\u00a0<\/p>\n At least three women have been targeted by a man on a bike on popular trails across the city on July 27 and 28. In one case, the suspect licked a woman\u2019s feet.<\/p>\n Woman describes attack along White Oak Bayou trail <\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Catherine Manterola said on Monday, July 28, around 7:45AM, she was walking her dog along the White Oak Bayou trail when a man on a bike wearing a red helmet inappropriately touched her.<\/p>\n “This man on a bike came up behind me, got really close to me, slowed down, leaned down, groped me from behind and then pedaled off very casually,” said Catherine Manterola. “It took me a minute to register what happened because I was in such shock. The way that he did it with patience and confidence, which tells me he has definitely done this before.”<\/p>\n That same morning around 6:30, police say another woman said a man riding a bike assaulted her.<\/p>\n Suspect allegedly licked woman’s feet on Brays Bayou trail <\/p>\n On Sunday, July\u00a027, just before 6pm along the Brays Bayou trail, police say a woman who was walking her dog said a man on a bike introduced himself, told her she had nice feet, and started licking her feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n The woman told him to stop, left and the man tried to follow her. She eventually got away and called police. \u00a0<\/p>\n Police say the victims gave a similar description of the suspect, a man in his 30s or 40s, riding a dark-colored bike. Right now, they are working to see if different suspects are involved or if they are all connected.<\/p>\n Woman says she was groped along Buffalo Bayou trail <\/p>\n “It was honestly very terrifying,” said Andrea Mackie. “I\u2019ve never felt so violated in my life.”<\/p>\n Andrea Mackie takes her dog for a walk daily along the Buffalo Bayou trail. But on the morning of July 10, she says a man on a bike approached her and groped her.<\/p>\n “A man on a bicycle came up to me, grabbed me in the private area from behind,” said Mackie. “He squeezed and groped really hard. It happened so fast. I couldn\u2019t react. I didn\u2019t see his face. By the time I looked up, he was gone.”<\/p>\n She said the man took off riding a dark-colored bike and wearing a red helmet.\u00a0<\/p>\n Some victims have been sharing their stories on social media hoping other victims will come forward.<\/p>\n “It just makes me really sad that this is happening and there is somebody out there actively looking for women to target,” said Mackie.<\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n While police investigate, they are warning women to be aware of their surroundings, be extra vigilant, avoid walking alone and, if you see something suspicious, call the police.<\/p>\n The Source:<\/b> FOX 26 reporter Jillian Hartmann spoke to Houston Police and two women who say they were assaulted on separate walking trails.<\/p>\n Crime and Public Safety<\/a>News<\/a>Houston<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON – Houston Police are investigating a disturbing pattern of assaults.\u00a0 At least three women have been targeted…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":106409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[6082,4345,50,358,3187,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-106408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114945498949085804","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}