Results tagged “sexualassault”

Marvin Grant (Bigg Marv), MC Hammer's cousin, was arrested late afternoon on Thursday after a manhunt. The reality TV supporting player is accused of raping a woman he met via Twitter in Livermore. According to CBS 5's Joe Vasquez, "The woman, who is from Los Angeles, arranged to meet [Tuesday] night at a hotel in Livermore after Grant returned from a shoot in Las Vegas." The victim, after declining his advances post-suppertime, was allegedly attacked by Grant. At a press conference, Lt. Matt Sarsfield of the Livermore Police Department said, "He's about 300 pounds, and was able to pin her down and keep one of her arms down while he sexually assaulted her." MC Hammer's camp has since bailed him out of jail.

A woman and a teenage girl were sexually assaulted in two separate incidents inside two Berkeley homes on Thursday morning. First, reported around 2:30 a.m. on the 2100 block of Cedar Street, a teenage girl "woke up with a man straddling her and lifting her shirt." The victim's mother, who was asleep in the same bed, "reported waking up and fighting the suspect until he fled." According to Bay City News / CBS 5, the suspect was described as "a male, 16 to 20 twenty years old, between 5 feet 7 inches and 6 feet tall, and was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt." The second assault, reported a little before 7:30 a.m., happened on the 2600 block of Hillegas Avenue. BCN goes on to report that a "college-aged woman told police she woke up with a man on top of her," who ran off after she fought back. The second suspect has been described as "a black man around 19 to 22 years old, around 5 feet 6 inches tall, and was wearing a gray sweatshirt with no hood and blue jeans." If anyone has any information on either creep, pleas contact Berkeley police at 510-981-5734 or Bay Area Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS. Also, both attackers made their ways inside each home via unlocked doors or windows.

Jose Rosas, 56, a general practitioner, was found guilty yesterday of sexually assaulting three patients inside his Mission District office. The violations occurred from 2002 to 2007. Caring for mainly Spanish-speaking patients, Rosas, attempting to help women with head or back pain, told the women "a pelvic exam was necessary to diagnose their conditions and 'conducted the vaginal exams in an inappropriate and unprofessional manner by digitally penetrating the victim patients for prolonged periods of time.'" Scheduled for sentencing on July 21, Rosas could face probation to 18 years in the clink. His medical license, of course, has since been suspended.

Some man allegedly assaulted a 48-year-old San Rafael woman last Friday in a Safeway parking lot, according to CBS 5. It seems "the woman had been loading groceries in the back seat of her car when a man who appeared to be in his late 20s or early 30s approached her from behind, placed his hands around her waist and began thrusting his pelvis against her buttocks." Ew. Then, after the woman screamed, he took off. The creep is described as a "white male standing at 5 feet and 10 inches, between 170 and 180 pounds with brown medium-length hair and a thin beard along his jaw line." So, be on the look out for dude with a douchestrap.

What with the "skirt creeper" attacking two more females over the weekend, the kids over at UC/Berkeley have decided to hold a skirt rally. According to Christine Borden at the Daily Clog, "the rally’s designed to let women 'feel safe wearing whatever we choose,' which is important considering that the Daily Cal states that the most recent victims were not wearing skirts."

A sexual predator has stuck a 10 times in an area south of the University of California at Berkeley campus. In each reported incident, the suspect "approached the victim from behind, lifted her skirt and tried to sexually assault her." Taking place between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m., most of the assaults have occurred when fraternity and sorority parties are finishing up. The females describe him as "a white male in his early 20s who is about 5-foot-10 with a medium build and short dark wavy hair." If you see or know this person call the Berkeley Police Department's sex crimes detail at 510-981-5735 or Bay Area Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS. Or, you know, just shooting and killing him would be no great loss. So there's always that.

A teen is suing the San Francisco Unified School District "who says two schoolmates 'sodomized' him with an umbrella handle at an after-school program." The incidents occurred in 2007 within three days of each other. According to the lurid Chronicle report the alleged sexual assaults happened "while the 13-year-old boy was wearing pants, but was violent enough that the umbrella handle broke off during the second attack." The lawsuit, which is asking for $25,000, was filed against the SFUSD, the bullies, and Aspiranet, who operate the Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center.

An unidentified male USF student was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of rape and aggravated assault of four female students, in separate incidents. Each attack allegedly occurred on USF campus residence halls.

Police are warning women in Berkeley that an attacker in on the prowl near the UC Berkeley campus. So far three "college-aged" women have been attack just south of the UCB campus. In one case, according to reports, "the suspect approached the victim from behind, lifted her skirt and tried to sexually assault her." The creep is allegedly focusing "on women who are wearing skirts." Happening last Saturday, the first reported assault was at 12:30 a.m. at Bowditch and Channing, the second at 1:30 a.m. at Channing Way and Piedmont Avenue, and the third at 2:30 a.m. in the on Warring Street. The dude is described as "a white male between 20 and 30 years old who is between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-9 and is of medium build with short dark hair." A $2,000 reward is being offered for info leading to his arrest. Call Berkeley PD at 510-981-5735 or 981-5734.

The police just released a sketch of the man who allegedly "groped two female victims in separate incidents last week near a San Francisco City College campus." In two said incidences, both of which occurred Dec. 2 and Dec. 4, the women were attacked on a pedestrian bridge linking Geneva and Ocean avenues at the school's Ocean campus. The perpetrator, according to reports, "is described as Hispanic, about 25-30 years old and 5 feet 10 inches tall, with short, black spiky hair ... last seen wearing an orange jacket, an orange shirt, a gold necklace and a backpack." Have info on this guy? Then, please, contact the SFPD sex crimes unit at 415-553-1362 or the anonymous tip line at 415-575-4444. (Also, students can use City College's security escort service, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at 415-239-3200.)

Israel Mendez, 29, was arrested last Monday for raping prostitutes who work Mission District blocks. The first incident was on June 29 at 19th and Shotwell streets, the second on July 6 at Mariposa and 17th. From those locations, Mendez would pick up the women, drive them to an "industrial area," beat, and then rape them. The pig has been charged with kidnapping to commit rape, false imprisonment, and other assorted sexual assault crimes. (SF Crime, via CBS 5)

Parolee Troyshawn Robinson, 20, was arrested for committing a sexual assault "on an El Cerrito pathway underneath the BART tracks," according to the Gate. Robinson allegedly walked up to a male and female passing passing by around 8:15 p.m., robbed the two of them, and used a knife to hold the "man at bay" while he attacked the woman. As her tried to flee on foot, he was quickly arrested a few feet away. Wow, what an idiot.

SF Crime (via Bay City News) has harrowing details that a 17-year-old boy sexually assaulted and then shot a girl on March 8. The alleged crime occurred somewhere on Cesar Chavez Street. So far, the suspect is unidentified and still at-large.

If you recall, last Thursday a mother, while loading groceries into her car at a local Safeway, was approached by a man, carjacked, taken to a secluded area, and then sexually assaulted as her daughter was in the car.

An SFist reader sent us these mildly NSFW shots he snapped up at two storefront windows in a place he calls "Omaha, Nebraska." Strange.

Pittsburg police -- you know, that place at the end-of-the-line BART station that also happens to be a city -- released a composite sketch of the man suspected of abducting and sexually assaulting two people in Pittsburg last Saturday morning.

Oh Jesus H. Christ, this is an upsetting story. We caught wind of this today on SF Weekly's The Snitch We're (not at all) surprised that major local media outlets haven't reported on this (at least as far as we know.) On November 10 a lady was raped in Glen Park -- aided by his female friend who robbed her moments prior to his attack -- only to be raped again by the same...

According Eric Thomas from ABC 7, who went into mighty graphic detail about what happened, a suspect was arrested today for the kidnapping and rape of a 17-year-old Palo Alto teen. A press conference is scheduled at noon (now!), where even more details, names will surely unfold. This past Wednesday a teen was kidnapped in Palo Alto, taken to Sunnyvale (on the 500 block of Fair Oaks Avenue), and then sexually assaulted. She survived...

A Palo Alto high school girl survived a kidnapping and sexual assault yesterday afternoon, an ordeal that went on for 90 minutes. At 3 p.m. yesterday, a teen was on the "500 block of Arastradero Road near El Camino Real...near her home, when a man accosted her from behind, hit her in the face several times and dragged her into his car," according to Palo Alto police officer Dan Ryan. The city of Palo...

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Wow, sorry all the news we're posting today is such a downer, but San Jose is reeling from the news of the brutal sexual assault and murder of Sany San, a recent Cambodian immigrant who had survived the Khmer Rouge.

Whoops, sorry we're so late getting this post up -- we lost our notes and tore up the house before resigning ourselves to the idea that somewhere, someone is going to find a notebook with "the lighter side of rape" scrawled across the first page. That comment refers to . It's a speculative spoofing of the Patty Hearst abduction that asks the question, what if Patty'd been abducted by hilarious lesbians and subjected to comedic sexual assault? Ha ha ha ha ha ha! It's a recipe for wackiness!

Here's a wrapup of today's news

Here's the daily wrap up of the news

Update: 11/1. 4:10 p.m. Shooting count back down to 9. Incident was sparked when one group of party attendees threw a bottle at another. One person was questioned by the police but then released -- no arrests have yet been made. Only two people are in the hospital (one grazed on the head by a bullet, another hit in the knee). At least one group is thought to be a gang. Gavin and Bevan met today to discuss options for next year (metal detectors, entrance fee, age restrictions).

They really do have different problems from the rest of us up in Marin! The Fairfax police have their hands full with complaints about a guard dog taking his job protecting his family's goats (four cashmere, one dairy) a little too seriously. Five neighbors have complained about herding dog Percy's loud barking, which is supposed to drive away coyotes but instead brings on the police instead. Well, we suppose that's one way to keep the coyotes away. Good boy, Percy! (Dude, we'd recommend reading the whole article, which goes into the citizens' arrest procedures for loud dogs in Fairfax, and also tells a sad tale about a loud rooster in Fairfax, whose owner was cited for the crime of having fowl within city limits. Clearly, Fairfax rules.)

Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end in seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get to the bottom of it they interview the writer Jonathan Raban.

Traffic on southbound 880 was backed up for five hours yesterday after a CHP officer shot and killed a delusional man in Fremont. The 30-something year old man was being taken to the hospital by his parents because of his suicidal behavior, when he jumped out of the moving car and rolled into a ditch on the side of the road. His parents pulled over and were attempting to coax him back in the car when the CHP officer showed up. The man, who weighed about 230 pounds, then began grunting at and lunging at the officer, who first pepper-sprayed him, then shot him when he didn't stop. Traffic backed up for 10 miles, all the way to San Leandro. More anarchist fallout -- SF police chief Heather Fong is personally reviewing all the 911 and radio tapes from last month's Black Block G8 protest fiasco, where a cop ended up with a fractured skull. The tapes show a number of frantic Mission residents reporting rocks being thrown into cars and a dispatcher that kept getting 22nd and 25th Street mixed up. Poor Officer Shields -- the tapes show that he was so overwhelmed and alone, he had to call in his own broken skull to HQ. And eeps, the Oakland PD is investigating a mysterious kidnapping, attack, and sexual assault on an Oakland girl, who was left for dead on a cul de sac in a Hayward neighborhood. The 16-year-old girl, who was drifting in and out of consciousness, reported that she had been stabbed in the heart.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which is sort of a dreary topic but an important one.