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Bart Reed
User ID: 1606604 Sep 1st 8:25 AM
Los Angeles Times: Saturday, July 24, 2004
Edition: Home; Section: California; Page: B-3
2 Girls Assaulted at Union Station; One victim was raped but the other foiled her attacker. Both were in an underground stairwell.
by Caitlin Liu
Staff Writer
Authorities warned the public Friday of a rapist who may be responsible for two recent daylight attacks on teenage transit riders in an underground stairwell at Union Station.
The first girl was raped July 16 between 9 and 11 a.m., said Sheriff's Det. Jeanine Lum. The second incident, an attempted rape, occurred Thursday in the same stairwell at Gateway Plaza's underground garage about 2:15 p.m.
The second victim told police she was about to use an elevator when a man directed her to the stairs instead. Once inside the stairwell, the man grabbed at her clothing, but she punched and kicked him and screamed for help, deputies said. The man let her go, but stole her cellphone before running away.
Each girl described her attacker as an African American in his late 20s, with short hair and a height of 5 feet 10 to 6 feet 2.
But because other descriptions differed, authorities are not ruling out the possibility that two attackers were involved.
The first victim told deputies that the man had a medium to muscular build with a light beard, Lum said, while the second victim said her attacker's build was medium to slight and that he had a heavier beard.
In a memo to employees, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chief Executive Roger Snoble said few crimes have occurred at downtown Los Angeles' Union Station in recent years. He said last week's attack was the first known sexual assault there. The Sheriff's Department has beefed up security in the area.
Anyone with information is asked to call (213) 922-3579.
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Los Angeles Times: September 1, 2004
Suspect in Sexual Attacks Is Sought
By Jia-Rui Chong
Staff Writer
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is looking for a man they believe raped one woman and attempted to sexually assault two others near downtown Los Angeles' Union Station in July.
Such a cluster of sexual assaults "hasn't happened here [before] that I'm aware of," said Det. Jeanine Lum, who handles sex crimes for the sheriff's transit services bureau. "But it is a public place. Obviously, it's a main hub. This isn't, you know, the Pentagon, where few people are allowed in there and need clearance."
Authorities said no more sexual assaults have occurred in the area since.
The department has issued a flier describing a muscular man in his late 20s with a dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes and facial hair, about 6 feet tall.
Sheriff's officials said they have collected DNA evidence and are awaiting its processing.
On July 16, a 16-year-old girl reported being raped in the stairwell in a cavernous parking structure below the Metropolitan Transportation Authority headquarters at 10:30 a.m., authorities said.
Six days later, about 2:30 p.m., a man tried to take off his belt and grab an 18-year-old woman near a stairwell in the same parking structure, sheriff's officials said. The woman managed to kick the man off her.
The women gave similar descriptions of the attacker and said that he told them, " 'I'm not going to hurt you,' " Lum said.
On July 31, between noon and 1 p.m., a man tried to open his pants, made suggestive comments and lunged toward a 22-year-old woman as they were riding the Red Line toward Union Station. The woman told officials that she fought him off and started screaming. The man fled.
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User ID: 1606604 Sep 1st 8:25 AM
Los Angeles Times: Saturday, July 24, 2004
Edition: Home; Section: California; Page: B-3
2 Girls Assaulted at Union Station; One victim was raped but the other foiled her attacker. Both were in an underground stairwell.
by Caitlin Liu
Staff Writer
Authorities warned the public Friday of a rapist who may be responsible for two recent daylight attacks on teenage transit riders in an underground stairwell at Union Station.
The first girl was raped July 16 between 9 and 11 a.m., said Sheriff's Det. Jeanine Lum. The second incident, an attempted rape, occurred Thursday in the same stairwell at Gateway Plaza's underground garage about 2:15 p.m.
The second victim told police she was about to use an elevator when a man directed her to the stairs instead. Once inside the stairwell, the man grabbed at her clothing, but she punched and kicked him and screamed for help, deputies said. The man let her go, but stole her cellphone before running away.
Each girl described her attacker as an African American in his late 20s, with short hair and a height of 5 feet 10 to 6 feet 2.
But because other descriptions differed, authorities are not ruling out the possibility that two attackers were involved.
The first victim told deputies that the man had a medium to muscular build with a light beard, Lum said, while the second victim said her attacker's build was medium to slight and that he had a heavier beard.
In a memo to employees, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chief Executive Roger Snoble said few crimes have occurred at downtown Los Angeles' Union Station in recent years. He said last week's attack was the first known sexual assault there. The Sheriff's Department has beefed up security in the area.
Anyone with information is asked to call (213) 922-3579.
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Los Angeles Times: September 1, 2004
Suspect in Sexual Attacks Is Sought
By Jia-Rui Chong
Staff Writer
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is looking for a man they believe raped one woman and attempted to sexually assault two others near downtown Los Angeles' Union Station in July.
Such a cluster of sexual assaults "hasn't happened here [before] that I'm aware of," said Det. Jeanine Lum, who handles sex crimes for the sheriff's transit services bureau. "But it is a public place. Obviously, it's a main hub. This isn't, you know, the Pentagon, where few people are allowed in there and need clearance."
Authorities said no more sexual assaults have occurred in the area since.
The department has issued a flier describing a muscular man in his late 20s with a dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes and facial hair, about 6 feet tall.
Sheriff's officials said they have collected DNA evidence and are awaiting its processing.
On July 16, a 16-year-old girl reported being raped in the stairwell in a cavernous parking structure below the Metropolitan Transportation Authority headquarters at 10:30 a.m., authorities said.
Six days later, about 2:30 p.m., a man tried to take off his belt and grab an 18-year-old woman near a stairwell in the same parking structure, sheriff's officials said. The woman managed to kick the man off her.
The women gave similar descriptions of the attacker and said that he told them, " 'I'm not going to hurt you,' " Lum said.
On July 31, between noon and 1 p.m., a man tried to open his pants, made suggestive comments and lunged toward a 22-year-old woman as they were riding the Red Line toward Union Station. The woman told officials that she fought him off and started screaming. The man fled.
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