There will be a Ross Township Crime Watch meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the township Municipal Center in response to reports of two sexual assaults of women within days of each other. 

Township police still are investigating the two assaults, which occurred Jan. 9 and 11. Both assaults involved attacks on women in their mid-20s living in apartment complexes and occurred in the early morning hours after the women returned from walking their dogs. 

While North Hills residents remained vigilant in the wake of the news, Ross Township and West View police placed extra patrols in the area's more than two dozen apartment complexes as they search for the man responsible for the attacks.

"We're continuing to work on it," said Police Chief Robert Bellanon Monday, after the meeting date was announced at the Ross Township Board of Commissioners meeting. "Our detectives have been working around the clock."

Police are searching for a suspect described as a black man in his mid-40s. They said he was wearing dark jeans; a dark, Nike hooded and zippered sweatshirt with a red Michael Jordan logo; and a dark knit cap or mask rolled up on his head. 

Police also are searching for a dark blue Ford Expedition XLT that a witness saw leave the Woodhawk Club Apartment complex on Johnanna Drive Jan. 9 driven by a man matching the description of the suspect. Video cameras on McKnight Road captured images of that vehicle minutes after the suspect was believed to have left the apartment complex, police said. 

The Expedition is believed to be a newer model, possibly manufactured in 2009, and might have damage to the driver's side door. It is a regular-length SUV.