MALIBU, Calif. — Authorities say a man tried to sexually assault a Southern California
Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Derek Sabatini says the woman was taken to a hospital Friday with cuts and bruises from the fall in Malibu.
She told deputies she had finished a run at about noon at Point Dume State Beach and was standing at the edge of a cliff when she was grabbed from behind. She says she and the man struggled for several minutes before she was able to break away. That’s when the woman ran and jumped off the cliff.
Authorities have released a composite sketch of a man who savagely attacked the woman who was jogging in Zuma Canyon and stole her vehicle.
Deputies say the suspect then escaped in the woman’s Toyota Land Cruiser.
Officials say the stolen Land Cruiser has California “Yosemite” plates, with license plate number 6CHF554.
