LOS ANGELES, CA (The Los Angels Times) – Police arrested a 27-year-old man suspected of trying to sexually assault a woman outside her Van Nuys apartment last month as she fought and kicked for several minutes while no one came to her aid, authorities said.
Antonio Reyes was arrested Tuesday in Arleta, where he lives and works, on suspicion of attempted rape, said LAPD Officer Mike Lopez.
About 5:45 a.m. on Aug. 12, the woman was walking home when a man confronted her, speaking in Spanish, which she does not speak, police said.
Police said the attacker tried to remove her clothes and took her to the ground, where she tried to fight him off, screaming, “Fire, Fire,” to get someone’s attention.
A pedestrian walked by and cars slowed down, but no one...
