A TEENAGER was indecently assaulted next to a busy road in Penwortham.

The 17-year-old woman was at the junction of Lawrence Road and Liverpool Road at 2.20pm on March 7 when the attacker struck.

Despite her ordeal, she managed to get a good description. He was 30-40 years old, slimly built, with short brown hair. He was clean shaven, wearing sunglasses, a green and purple waist-length fleecy jacket, and mushroom-coloured jeans.

Two men were disturbed as they tried to enter a house in Black Bull Lane, Fulwood, at 5am on March 7 by using the occupier's keys. The keys had been stolen from a hospital earlier in the day. The men were both in their mid to late 20s, one wore a thigh-length dark cord jacket, the other a thick lumberjack-type jacket.

The 85-year-old occupant of a house in Garstang Road, Fulwood disturbed a burglar as he tried to break in at 2pm on March 1. The man was about 20-years-old with a shaven head and unshaven face.

A thief stole a Shore Line Mobile Phone from a Transit van parked in the driveway of Crofters Green in Preston on March 7 at 10am.

The thief was 6ft 2in, slimly built with short blond hair, wearing a dark blue jacket, dark, stone washed jeans and black training shoes.

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