A person has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting an 84-year-old Santa Monica girl.
Within the incident earlier this month, the girl was heard screaming for assist after the 39-year-old man dragged her into an alley, Santa Monica police mentioned Tuesday.
Police responded at about 9:30 p.m. June 5 to the cries of the girl close to the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and sixth Road, the police assertion mentioned.
“Upon arrival, officers positioned an 84-year-old Santa Monica resident who gave the impression to be in misery,” police mentioned. “The sufferer reported that she was approached and grabbed from behind by a male suspect who then dragged her into a close-by alley and tried to sexually assault her.”
The division mentioned there have been a number of witnesses on the scene who backed up the girl’s assertion and advised officers the suspect fled to the north. Police had been capable of finding and detain the suspect at fifth Road and California Avenue.
The suspect, Pape Tall of Lengthy Seaside, has been charged by the Los Angeles County district legal professional’s workplace with felony counts, together with assault with intent to commit rape and kidnapping with intent to commit rape, police mentioned.
Tall was charged on June 9. He’s being held at Males’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles with out bail. His subsequent courtroom date is scheduled for July 9 on the Airport Courthouse close to Los Angeles Worldwide Airport.
Santa Monica police are asking anybody with details about the incident to contact Det. Maricela Orta at (310) 458-2293 (maricela.orta@santamonica.gov), Sgt. Chad Goodwin at (310) 458-8931, or the watch commander’s desk at (310) 458-8427.
