‘This person is still out there,’ Woman, teenage girl attacked on Waltham trail

WALTHAM – A woman and a teenage girl say they were attacked in separate recent incidents around Riverwalk Park in Waltham.

Both victims said they called Waltham and state police.   

The paths along either side of the river are state property, leaving the investigation in the jurisdiction of Massachusetts State Police.

State police described the suspect as a white or Hispanic man of average height and build, possibly in his 20s or 30s.  

Extra patrols have been added to the area.   

“The man was sitting here, and watched me run past,” the woman said, pointing to a map on her phone. “He followed me down the riverwalk to the east and then assaulted me closer to Moody Street so he could bike off into traffic and not be seen.”

She kept running and said the same man in an orange sweatshirt riding a bike, grabbed her from behind again.

“He did it twice in a 30-minute span so if he didn’t do it to me again, he would’ve just done it to someone else,” the woman feared.

After reporting what happened to police, she shared what happened on a neighborhood app. That’s when another Waltham family responded.

A woman said her young teenage daughter was sexually assaulted along the Charles River Greenway just last month in mid-September.    

“As soon as she stepped into a certain area, she felt like someone was behind her. She turned around. She saw a group of kids on bikes and light in the distance,” another woman said. “This person is still out there, and we don’t know who it is. She’s on all this medication. It made her sick and she missed school.”

Anyone with information is asked to call State police at (617) 740-7544.