Man charged with alleged sexual assault of two girls in forest

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Los Angeles County prosecutors charged a 40-year-old man with sexually assaulting two girls in his van in a secluded a part of the Angeles Nationwide Forest earlier this week.

Eduardo Sarabia was charged Wednesday with one rely of forcible rape and one rely of forcible oral copulation, based on courtroom data. Sarabia is accused of raping a girl after driving her to a hid space of the forest on Sunday after which sexually assaulting a second girl in the identical distant space on Monday, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón’s workplace introduced in a information launch. The incidents befell alongside Freeway 39 between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. authorities mentioned.

“The horrific and violent sexual assault that these two survivors endured by the alleged suspect is deeply troubling and incomprehensible. Our ideas are with the victims throughout this tremendously tough time,” Gascón mentioned in an announcement on Thursday.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division is asking for the general public’s assist to seek out any extra victims. Primarily based on the circumstances surrounding the case, investigators consider there might be extra unidentified victims. The Sheriff’s Division launched photos of Sarabia and his windowless white-paneled van.

“I wish to emphasize that that is an ongoing investigation, and there could also be extra victims who’ve but to return ahead. I urge anybody who has been affected by comparable incidents to contact regulation enforcement and search obtainable assets,” Gascón mentioned.

Sarabia was arraigned in a Pomona courtroom Wednesday and is due again in courtroom June 27. Anybody with details about this case can contact the Sheriff’s Division, Particular Victims Bureau at 877-710-5273 or by e mail at specialvictimsbureau@lasd.org.

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