THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, September 10, 1996           TAG: 9609100272
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL  
TYPE: Brief  
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   36 lines

CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: ***************************************************************** The headline on a MetroNews brief Tuesday erroneously stated that a woman was raped in Portsmouth. The victim was sexually assaulted but not raped. Correction published Wednesday, September 11, 1996. ***************************************************************** WOMAN RAPED

Police are looking for two men who posed as police officers and sexually assaulted a woman in the 1500 block of Effingham St.

The woman told police she was using a pay phone Friday when she was approached by the suspects. They told her they were police officers, asked her to exit her vehicle and escorted her to a dark area near a building, where they assaulted her.

No weapons were seen or reported. The men left when another car approached, police said.

Both men were described as black and in their 30s. They were last seen wearing dark uniforms with brown patches and hats with colors on them.

One man was 5-foot-8, 190 pounds with light brown eyes and black hair. The other man was 5-foot-4, 155 pounds, with dark eyes and black hair.

They were driving dark, older model Fords that had blue lights in the rear windows, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 393-8536 or Crime Line at 488-7777.

KEYWORDS: RAPE IMPERSONATING A POLICE OFFICER by CNB