RE: 10 days before notification by LE of rape attempt on NC State University Coed Bicyclist 06/18/2012
http://fayobserver.com/articles/2012/06/25/1186624?sac=fo.local
A 14-year-old girl told police she was raped Thursday along Cross Creek Linear Park after leaving the Cumberland County Headquarters Library.
By Andrew Barksdale, Michael Futch and Nancy McCleary
Staff writers Tue Jun 26, 2012
A 14-year-old girl reported being raped along a downtown park trail Thursday evening after she had left the Cumberland County Headquarters Library, police said Monday.
The girl told police she was assaulted about 8 p.m. along Cross Creek Linear Park as hundreds of people were heading to Festival Park about a block away for the Fayetteville After Five concert.
Police released a description of the attacker but hadn't found him as of Monday night.
* Although Police Department policy requires notifying the public of sexual assaults involving strangers within 72 hours after the attack, Thursday's rape report wasn't made public until Monday morning.
* After The Fayetteville Observer questioned the delay, interim Police Chief Katherine Bryant apologized for a "breakdown in communications." The policy, which was adopted more than two years ago, applies to adult victims.