Teen reports sexual assault in Sierra Vista

By Derek Jordan
Herald/Review
Published/Last Modified on Saturday, Jan 03, 2009 - 12:41:49 am MST

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SIERRA VISTA — Police are investigating the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl that occurred Thursday.

At 7:13 p.m., police received a report of the assault, which occurred in the 300 block of North Seventh Street.

No description of the man suspected in the assault was available as of Friday.

No further information is available, and the case remains under investigation, said Tracy Grady, public information officer with the Sierra Vista Police Department.

Anyone with information should call police at 452-7500.

Herald/Review reporter Derek Jordan can be reached at 515-4680 or by e-mail at derek.jordan@svherald.com.

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t wrote on Jan 4, 2009 2:24 PM:

" Quite often not much information is released until further facts can be obtained. The police also don't want to release false information. But because of this article I know to be extra careful in that neighborhood because there is a known risk there. "

To Dan wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:42 PM:

" Try taking a chill pill. All you do is complain. How about approaching this with compassion and saying something positive. Better learn to Trade That Sorrow of yours. "

Dan wrote on Jan 4, 2009 2:32 AM:

" SV is notorious for this stuff..... same goes for the "police beat" what is the point of saying someone got arrested for what, if we do not know the name of the person so we can make sure we stay away from them. I thought this was an article because of the circumstances of the attack and what not, but since this tells me nothing, i don't see a point. A lot of people get molested all the time, why should I care about this if you guys don;t provide any info, ever. "

An understanding reader wrote on Jan 3, 2009 8:34 PM:

" The "point" of this article, even though details are currently sketchy, is that an incident occurred. If The Herald does not print something about it, no matter how little info has been released by the police, then some people complain in this forum that The Herald should have printed what is known so readers can be more watchful. The Herald can only print info released to them by police. More will certainly follow as the case develops. "

To Detective t wrote on Jan 3, 2009 3:31 PM:

" In that case the police should never give out any information on any crimes, because you just never know, when a true witness may come forward. Or just don't print a "nothing" article at all, as the witnesses know about the crime, and no one else has too, because the non witnesses don't have any information. "

t wrote on Jan 3, 2009 2:04 PM:

" The point is that there is someone out there with information on this case and they know who they are. This is giving all witnesses the chance to call and give a statement without being given more information than they already have. It weeds the true witnesses out from the people who hear rumors "

REALLY wrote on Jan 3, 2009 10:30 AM:

" AND WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS ARTICLE? "

No no no wrote on Jan 3, 2009 8:43 AM:

" No information, no description, no nothing article. "