It happened at Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park on Tuesday between 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
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A woman was walking on a path next to the canal when she was approached by an armed man.
He then forced her to a secondary location on the Plainsboro-South Brunswick border where she was sexually assaulted.
The attacker is believed to be a Hispanic man, approximately 5'5"-5'6" tall, wearing dark-colored clothing and a dark baseball cap.
The investigation is active and continuing.
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Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to contact Detective Sue Kowalski of the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office at (732) 745-3287, Detective Patrick Miller of the Plainsboro Police Department at (609)799-2333, or Detective Dominick Delucia of the South Brunswick Police Department at
(732)329-4646.
Tips may also be submitted to www.middlesextips.com.
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