Police: Sexual assault reported in or near Howarth Park

Santa Rosa police were looking for a man suspected of sexually assaulting someone in or near Howarth Park Sunday night.

Police issued an alert around 7:15 p.m. Officers were combing through the park and surrounding neighborhoods in search of the suspect.

Police described him as a white man in his 30s, 5 feet 9 inches tall with a thin build, dark medium-length hair ?and a missing front tooth. He was wearing dark clothing.

The assault comes more than two weeks after police arrested a Santa Rosa man suspected of raping a 55-year-old woman in a bathroom at the popular park on the east end of town.

No other details on the latest attack were available Sunday.