Just after 6 a.m. on Wednesday, March 30, a 40-year-old woman was robbed and sexually assaulted as she was walking alone around 6 a.m. behind the shopping center on the 7000 block of Commerce Street in Springfield.

Police said the unknown male suspect, described as Hispanic, between 5 feet 6 and 5 feet 9 inches tall, and 140 to 160 pounds, grabbed the woman and pulled her into a storage container.

The victim called police after she returned home and initially reported the incident as a robbery only.