COSTA MESA, Calif. (KTLA) — Police in Costa Mesa are searching for a man who broke into a house and sexually assaulted a teenage girl.
It happened at around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday at an apartment at Valencia Street and LaSalle Avenue.
The family says they had been out for the evening. They returned home, and their 18-year-old daughter went upstairs.
She says that’s where the suspect was waiting in her bathroom.
According to the victim, the suspect told her not to scream, and he sexually assaulted her before fleeing through a window.
He left behind a seven-inch steak knife that investigators recovered, according to police.
When the man released her, she immediately ran downstairs to where her family was.
“All of the sudden I see my daughter running downstairs and telling me there’s a guy. He tried to rape me, he pulled his pants down,” the father told KTLA.
“She’s really scared, she’s really traumatized, and she has not stopped crying all day now,” he said.
The suspect is described as a black man in his 20s, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, with a thin build and wearing a hoodie.
Around 2 a.m. Thursday morning, a man fitting the description was spotted nearby. He was chased off by an area resident.
Investigators also say that, on January 27, a very similar attack took place in the same neighborhood. The victim was a woman in her 30s.
Anyone with information or who sees any suspicious activity is asked to call police at (714) 754-5252.
15 Comments to “Costa Mesa Police Warn About Sexual Predator”
February 15, 2013 at 1:59 AM
Doesn't anyone carry pepperspray anymore? If you're a lady and you don't, you should..
February 15, 2013 at 8:28 AM
Why would one need to carry it in their own home?
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February 15, 2013 at 7:38 AM
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February 15, 2013 at 8:54 AM
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February 15, 2013 at 7:53 AM
Police report that he was only there to rob the house because he had noticed that the family was having a party while he was watching the house. The family said that they just went to the store earlier that day and bought 30 watermelons, 4 crates of bananas, 2 kegs of Orange Crush and 2,000 packets of Grape and Orange flavored Kool Aid to celebrate Black History Month. And now this happens! They suspect he was under the influence of too much sugar in the Kool Aid which caused him to want to rape the daughter.
February 15, 2013 at 9:06 AM
Why women especially should be very well trained in the use of firearms and granted license for guns.
That OR just having pepper spray AND a taser available and aim for the balls….*wicked laughter*
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February 15, 2013 at 11:53 AM
For this type of crime AND in Costa Mesa. Guaranteed that we should be looking for a cracker!
February 15, 2013 at 11:58 AM
Why don't women want rape to be legal ?
Answer : Because women are afraid of acknowledging that men would actually make the CHOICE to not rape them if rape were legal.
Rapists simply want POWER, rapists don't want sex … so if women allowed "rape" to occur, then the rape would NOT occur, because the rapists WANT to rape, rapists don't simply want sex.
Stupid b i t c h e s.
February 15, 2013 at 12:01 PM
" He tried to rape me "
… Yes, and how could you know he was trying to rape you BEFORE he raped you ???
" He tried to kidnap me "
… Yes, and how could you know he was trying to kidnap you BEFORE he kidnapped you ???
Stupid b i t c h e s.
Kill em all.
February 15, 2013 at 2:01 PM
Nightmare you are one sick POS…
February 15, 2013 at 2:11 PM
I'm not a monster ………………. I'm just ahead of the curve.
February 21, 2013 at 8:58 AM
No…you're a monster and should be kept off the streets…
February 15, 2013 at 5:57 PM
California law system so fuck up kill at the rapists stop wasting tax dollars.