A suspect search has gotten underway in Lebanon after a woman said she was raped while walking home.
The incident was reported shortly after noon Tuesday in a wooded area near the corner of East Spring Street and Park Avenue.
Police said a sheriff’s deputy heard a woman yelling for help as she was walking toward the road from a field.
The 18-year-old woman said she was walking home and had taken a short cut through a field when she was struck on the head.
Investigators said she was attacked and raped. At some point, something scared the suspect and he fled the area on foot.
He was described as being an African American male in his early 20s who has a lower lip piercing. He was wearing a blue shirt and pants or shorts.
Anyone with information was asked to call Lebanon Police at 615-444-2323.
