Suspected Pasadena rapist charged
A press release from the DA's office just moved:
PASADENA - A 29-year-old Saugus resident was charged today with raping two women and threatening them with a box cutter, the District Attorney's office announced.Jason Keith Renaux, (dob 10-31-79), is scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. at Pasadena Superior Court, Dept. D. He is charged in case GA075499 with three counts of forcible rape and one count of forcible oral copulation with the special allegation he used a deadly weapon, a box cutter. He is being held on $1.4 million.
Renaux is charged with allegedly raping a 19-year-old woman on Dec. 27 after he picked her up on Colorado Boulevard at Kinneloa Avenue and drove her to the 3800 block of East Foothill Boulevard. The woman escaped and gave police the suspect's license number. An investigation led police to a second victim, who said she was attacked in a similar way on Nov. 28.
If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.
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