Alleged Serial Rapist Arrested by Irvine Police
ABC 7 News reports that Irvine police arrested a 29-year-old man recently whom authorities believe is a serial rapist. The man was arrested and booked into the Orange County Jail on multiple felony and rape counts. He is being held without bail.
According to the article, the arrest came following a joint investigation between the Newport Beach and Irvine police departments. DNA and fingerprints were discovered from a suspect in rapes that allegedly occurred in both cities in May of 2005 and July of 2010. Police reported that investigators did not previously have a suspect matching the DNA or prints in any law enforcement database.
The man is accused of committing rape in Newport Beach in May of 2005 and in Irvine in November of 2006 and again in July of 2010. Both incidents in Irvine occurred at the same apartment complex. However, the rape victims were not able to offer police a description of the suspect since the rapist had covered his face. Detectives started to closely watch the area of the Irvine apartment complex after the second rape occurred.
Then, in June of 2011, a suspicious subject was reported to police in that area. Daily patrols in the area by the Irvine police department were increased, as was nighttime surveillance. The man was seen in the area and had talked with police. Further investigation resulted in forensic experts matching a fingerprint from the rape case in Newport Beach to the man. The fingerprint also matched two fingerprints discovered in the investigation of the Irvine incidents.
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