DC police arrest man suspected of breaking into house, sexually assaulting woman

D.C. police say they have arrested a man suspected of breaking into a house in Columbia Heights early Sunday morning and sexually assaulting a woman.

Theodore Tinsley, 26, has been charged with burglary one and first-degree sexual abuse.

The break-in happened shortly before 6:30 a.m. Sunday in the 3600 block of 13th Street Northwest, according to D.C. police. After assaulting the woman, the suspect ran away on foot.

 

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