BREAKING NEWS: Suspect charged in RUHS sexual assault
A 45-year-old ex-convict was charged today with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl at knifepoint in a Redondo Union High School restroom, prosecutors said.
Sylvester Gene Rawls of Long Beach is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon at the Torrance courthouse, Deputy District Attorney Christi Frey said in a statement.
Rawls faces two felony counts of forcible oral copulation with the special allegation that he personally used a deadly weapon, a knife.
Rawls allegedly attacked the girl in a restroom on Aug. 28, 2003 while she attended a school event.
Police recovered semen from inside a toilet. They obtained a match in December that identified Rawls, prosecutors said.
Rawls provided a DNA sample in 2006 after he served a federal prison sentence for conspiracy to manufacture PCP.
If convicted, he faces up to life in prison. Rawl, who was arrested on Monday, is held on $2 million bail.
Sylvester Gene Rawls of Long Beach is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon at the Torrance courthouse, Deputy District Attorney Christi Frey said in a statement.
Rawls faces two felony counts of forcible oral copulation with the special allegation that he personally used a deadly weapon, a knife.
Rawls allegedly attacked the girl in a restroom on Aug. 28, 2003 while she attended a school event.
Police recovered semen from inside a toilet. They obtained a match in December that identified Rawls, prosecutors said.
Rawls provided a DNA sample in 2006 after he served a federal prison sentence for conspiracy to manufacture PCP.
If convicted, he faces up to life in prison. Rawl, who was arrested on Monday, is held on $2 million bail.
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