(KRON) -- Police in Berkeley are investigating after a man who was walking home in the early hours of Saturday morning was sexually assaulted by a stranger, authorities said Monday.

The victim was in the area of UC Berkeley’s South Campus at 1:50 a.m. when he was approached by a stranger who “tried to engage him in conversation,” according to the Berkeley Police Department. The victim was then pulled into a driveway on the 2300 block of College Avenue, where the sexual assault occurred.

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Police described the suspect as a Black man around 20 to 30 years old and 5 feet 10 inches tall. He was wearing a black beanie cap, a gray/white hooded top and black jeans.

Anyone with information in the case is asked to contact Berkeley PD’s Sex Crimes Unit at 510-981-5735.

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