Results tagged “sexual assault” from Crime & Courts

El Camino College police are investigating a student's report that she was sexually assaulted by four men in a restroom in the Natural Sciences Building.

The student said the attack occurred at 3 p.m. on March 5. She did not report it until Friday, police said.

Investigators wanted to question the student Tuesday, but she missed her appointment.

Campus officials issued an alert to students and faculty, as required by law, over the weekend.

The student last week provided detailed descriptions of her assailants.

One was black, about 20 years old, about 6 feet 3 inches tall, with a medium muscular build, and nearly full beard with a thin mustache.

He wore a black baseball style hat with an orange visor, a black T-shirt with what appeared to be a white T-shirt underneath and shorts of an unknown color. He had a large scar about 10 inches long on his right lower leg, and had two earrings in his left ear.

One was yellow metal in the shape of a five-pointed star, and the other was square with a yellow stone setting.

The second man was black, about 20 years old, about 5 feet 10 inches tall with a skinny build and dark skin color. He wore a tight-fitting "dew rag" skull cap, a gray T-shirt and blue jeans.
The third man was black, about 20 years old, about 5 feet 9 inches tall, with a medium muscular build and medium skin color. He had a short fade-style hair cut, and wore a brown or tan shirt with long sleeves.

The fourth man was black, about 20 years old, with a light skin color. He wore a white long-sleeve shirt under a white short sleeve T-shirt. He had what appeared to be a mole on left upper cheek.

Anyone with information is asked to call the El Camino Police Department at 310-660-3100.

Redondo Beach police investigators working a "cold case" sexual assault are trying to locate a male motorist who found the victim and drove her to the city's police station.

The crime occurred between 3 and 4 a.m. on Dec. 24, 2006.

A 25-year-old young woman told police she was sexually assaulted by a man she met earlier in the night in the Redondo Beach Marina.

A male motorist found her walking along Harbor Drive. The man picked her up, drove her to the police station and dropped her off.

"We believe it would be important to speak with that person who picked this woman up," said John Skipper, a retired police captain who is working on cold cases.

Anyone with information about the motorist's identity should contact the Cold Case unit at 310-379-2477, ext. 2313.

Here's the top of what I just filed:

A former Manhattan Beach church intern pleaded no contest Monday to a misdemeanor sexual battery charge for groping an 18-year-old co-worker.
Clifford Ames Jr., 28, of Gardena was then sentenced to 40 days of community service on a Dept. of Transportation work crew and three years probation.
He must also register as a sex offender.
Ames changed his plea just as he was about to go to trial before Torrance Superior Court Judge Hector Guzman.
Earlier Monday, Guzman ruled that a jury could hear about two prior incidents of Ames being accused of sexually assaulting boys when he was still a juvenile.

With my morning cup o' Joe, I was doing my routine scan of the Daily Breeze and was struck by the oh-so-high number of sex-related crimes we had to report on this morning. I do this for a living, and even I'm a bit flabergasted!

First, there's the principal held in a porn bust, then there's the suspect held for two Torrance sex assaults, a different Torrance man facing child porn charges for sexually explicit images of babies and a teacher found having sex with a student in a Carson parking lot.

You add all that with other stories in the last few days, like the judge from RPV who had sexual photos on his Web site, the San Pedro physician charged with sexual battery and the flower store manager who paid boys to take pictures of themselves ... and don't you just feel like you need to take a long shower?

 

Prosecutors filed two sexual battery misdemeanor counts today against Dr. Zeljko Zic, a San Pedro endocrinologist and a Rancho Palos Verdes resident. The complaint doesn't offer much detail, except to say there are two different female victims who he allegedly touched in a sexual and unwanted way. The first alleged incident was July 25, 2007 and the last one was March 27.

The Deputy District Attorney in Long Beach who filed the case isn't giving up much, so I'm working on finding out more details about the alleged crimes. Whatever I get (or don't get) will be in tomorrow's Daily Breeze.

Investigators today released a sketch of a man who sexually assaulted a 19-year-old El Camino College student on May 23.

He is black, 18 to 22 years old, with a dark complexion. He is about 5 feet 5 inches tall, with a medium build, short black hair in a fade cut, and is clean shaven.

He has crooked teeth, two prominent dimples, acne above his left eye brow, wore a white T-shirt and blue jeans, and had a large imitation round diamond earring in his left ear lobe.

More information is coming soon to dailybreeze.com and the Wednesday print edition.

RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Work) announced today that victims of sexual assault and abuse can now access help through their private and secure online messaging system. Acknowledging that most sexual assault victims are young, the Washington D.C.-based nonprofit will offer support and information about recovery, medical issues, the criminal justice process and local resources for victims and their friends and family.

According to Scott Berkowitz, president and founder of RAINN, "The National Sexual Assault Online Hotline provides the services these young victims need, using the technology they embrace. The Online Hotline provides a safe way to begin recovery by using extensive security measures to guarantee that the visitor remains completely anonymous."

The hotline is available at www.rainn.org. Their telephonic hotline is (800) 656-HOPE.

The entire release is after the jump.

 

 

Do you know this man?

Police released a sketch Thursday of a man sought for beating and sexually assaulting a dancer he met at a Gardena exotic club.

The crime occurred March 12 when the woman accepted a ride from a customer she had met earlier in the evening, Gardena police Capt. Robert Michalsen said.

The man claimed to be in the entertainment business.

Instead of driving her home, he drove her to a residence in a northern area of Gardena. He beat her in the head, neck and upper body, and sexually assaulted her.

The assailant then drove her to an area near her home and dropped her off.

Full story Suspect sought

Anyone with information should contact Gardena police Detective Pamela Robinson at 310-217-9653 or call Gardena police at 310-217-9670.