Recently in Rape / Sexual Assault Category

The Los Angeles Times that the Irvine Police Department is looking a rape suspect after a girl claimed that she was a victim of sexual assault in a housing complex less than a mile away from the UC Irvine campus.

Since the incident on July 8, UC Irvine has sent out a campus-wide alert informing students of the sexual assault attack. The 24-year-old victim says that she was attacked by a male intruder after she got out of the shower in her home. Her apartment door was unlocked when the suspect entered the home at the 100 block of Amherst Aisle.

Many students at UCLA have been worried by the series of sexual assault attacks that have occurred over the last month, but ABC News reports that campus police officers were finally able to arrest a man in connection to the incidents.

Police say that they were actually able to catch a man in the act of committing sexual assault. The victim may have been his seventh victim. There had been at least six reported attacks in UCLA's Westwood area from March 8 to April 7.

Some state lawmakers are proposing longer prison sentences and more time on parole for those who have been convicted of sex crimes against minors. The Los Angeles Times reports that the proposed law is in response to the murder of Chelsea King of Poway, who was allegedly raped and killed by John Albert Gardner III. The man was on parole when he allegedly murdered the girl. He had previously served five years in prison for child molestation.

Chelsea's Law, which has been proposed by Republican Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, would establish a new penalty of a life sentence without the possibility of parole for forcible sex crimes against those younger than 18 when there are aggravating circumstances involved. Aggravated circumstances would include torture and "kidnapping that substantially increases risk of harm to the victim."

A former teacher at David Starr Jordan Middle School in Burbank who admitted that she had sex with a 14-year-old, pleaded no contest on Thursday to charges of unlawful sex with a minor.

The Burbank Leader reports that the defendant Amy Beck now faces up to two years in state prison as part of her plea deal that was established through her criminal attorney in Los Angeles. She'll also have to register as a sex offender because of the unlawful sex with a minor conviction. Ms. Beck was originally charged with four counts of unlawful sex with a minor and one count of oral copulation with a minor, yet all but one of these charges were dropped through the plea deal.

A 37-year-old woman claims that she was sexually assaulted in North Hollywood while she was walking down Lankershim Boulevard on March 11, according to L.A List. Now police officers in North Hollywood are searching for the suspect.

The Los Angeles Police Department described the suspect as a "Hispanic male, 24-26 years of age with curly or wavy shoulder- length hair." The man stands at 5'6" tall and weighs approximately 120 pounds. The crime took place around 12:45 a.m. after the suspect grabbed the victim and took her to a nearby parking lot. He ordered her to remove her clothing and proceeded to sexually assault her. The suspect then fled the parking lot on foot.

Police arrested Santa Clarita City Council Candidate Johnny Pride last week on suspicion of sexually assaulting two teenage girls. However, the candidate may not even need a criminal attorney in Los Angeles County because prosecutors have so far failed to file criminal charges against him.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the district attorney's office cites insufficient evidence for not bringing charges against Mr. Pride. His arrest came after two 14-year-old girls reported him to authorities.

Whittier Daily News reports that a Pop Warner football coach from Whittier has been charged with one felony count of oral copulation of a child under 10 and eight felony counts of sexual molestation of a child under 14. The suspect, Paul Ayala, pleaded not guilty to the charges on Tuesday.

All the charges are in connection with two alleged victims, both 10 years-old, who played on a youth football team that Mr. Ayala had coached in 2008 and 2009. Police were informed of Mr. Ayala's alleged behavior after one of the kids told family members about what had happened. The Whittier Police deferred the case the case to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department because of its sensitive nature.

A recent case in Los Angeles County sheds light on the safety concerns of social networking, giving parents and teenagers a new reason to be concerned.

A man who pleaded no contest to four counts of child molestation in Pomona Superior Court was sentenced to five years in prison last week, according to San Gabriel Valley Tribune.

People driving on I-5 Freeway were surprised to see a naked man standing on a rooftop and masturbating in front of motorists. His actions prompted multiple drivers to call the Santa Ana Police Department on Wednesday, to report the man's inappropriate behavior.

A police helicopter was sent to arrest the suspect identified as Charles Edward Meaux Jr., but the suspect fled the scene on foot and hid inside a home, where a family and child were present. The police eventually found Meaux inside a closet, where he struggled with police and was allegedly uncooperative.

Authorities in Riverside County are now asking for the public's help in tracking down a kidnap-forcible rape suspect. Investigators say that the suspect pulled a gun on an adult female and that the suspect sexually assaulted the victim in a remote agricultural field. The suspect then left the victim in a field and fled the scene in a car.

The Coachella Police Department describes the suspect as a 25-year-old male, 5' 06", 140 pounds, with dark slicked-back hair, a small mustache, a goatee, and a small scar over his right eye brow. Police also say that the suspect has tattoos on his hands and shoulders. He was last seen driving a green, manual transmission, 2005 or 2006 VW sedan, with light tinted windows.