Woman attacked at MARTA station learns same suspect accused of attempted rape

A woman injured in an attack at a MARTA station was shocked to learn that her attacker is the same man accused of attempting to rape another woman outside a Target in Buckhead.

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The suspect, Torrin Mott, remains in custody without bond, Channel 2’s Michael Seiden learned.

Bernice Brown, the victim of the MARTA station attack, spoke at a MARTA board meeting, urging for increased security measures.

“I’m the young woman that was attacked at the train station,” Brown said at the meeting.

She became emotional as she addressed the MARTA board of directors, calling for action after surviving a violent attack at the Lenox Station on Sept. 3.

“I felt a presence behind me, and I turned my head to the right,” she said. “And he was right behind me, and he had his hands above his head with a belt, and I saw it, and I tried to cut my bike right. And that’s when I fell on the platform and busted my head.”

Following the attack, Brown chased after her attacker and contacted the police, but he managed to escape.

Investigators said Mott attempted to rape another woman outside a Target in Buckhead hour after the attack on Brown.

MARTA and Atlanta police collaborated to arrest Mott, a convicted felon, at the Five Points Station.

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