In hopes of appeasing any remaining fears surrounding the reported sexual assault in Winnona Park on Halloween night, here’s a note that Decatur City Commissioner Patti Garrett posted on the Winnona Park list-serv a couple of days ago…

Again, due to the nature of the incident and the fact that a juvenile is involved, this post is closed to comments.

There has been much understandable concern about the recent reported incident in the WP playground area behind WP school so I thought it might be helpful to post the following information:

Staff of the City of Decatur Police Department continue to investigate a reported incident that occurred on the evening of October 31, 2011. Due to the nature of the allegations, the age of the persons involved and the on-going investigation, names and other details are not being released. The Police Department has indicated that based on information gained during the preliminary stage of the investigation, there is no reason to suspect that the incident involved a sexual predator or that the surrounding or adjacent neighborhood is at additional risk due to the reported incident.

Regards,

Patti Garrett

District 2 City Commissioner