After already having been caught on film and connected with a string of sexual assault incidents, an unidentified man is still groping walking females as he rides by on a bicycle. The area of the incidents stretches from Downtown to Alamitos Beach and the Long Beach Police Department are continuing to ask for the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect after releasing a second video that could possibly identify him.
In addition to the twelve previous sexual batteries reported in December, the man is now suspected with an additional eight incidents this year, including one on September 5 of last year that wasn’t reported until the initial video of him was released. It appeared there were no reported incidents in January, however, in March, there were five.
The victims show no line of similarities that connect them outside of gender and the fact that they were walking along the sidewalk; their ages have ranged from 12-years-old to mid-60s.
The suspect has been described a white or Latino male, 5’6″ to 6’0” tall, 180-240 lbs., with gray and black hair and ranging in age from 25- to 50-years-old. However, a majority of the victims pinpoint his age at closer to 35 to 45.
His full list of assaults and their locations include:
- 9/24/12 8:40 p.m. 4th Street & Alamitos Avenue
- 9/24/12 9:30 p.m. 4th Street & Nebraska Avenue
- 9/26/12 9:30 p.m. 4th Street & Cherry Avenue
- 10/2/12 8:45 p.m. 4th Street & Walnut Avenue
- 10/12/12 6:40 a.m. Junipero Avenue & 3rd Street
- 10/29/12 7:30 p.m. 4th Street & Cedar Avenue
- 11/19/12 3:45 p.m. 4th Street & Elm Avenue
- 11/19/12 4:30 p.m. Walnut Avenue & Erie Street
- 11/19/12 5:00 p.m. 4th Street & Chestnut Avenue
- 11/19/12 7:15 p.m. 4th Street & Lime Avenue
- 11/20/12 6:30 p.m. 6th Street & Pacific Avenue
- 11/22/12 9:55 p.m. Broadway & Hermosa Avenue
- 9/15/2012 5:00 a.m. Broadway & Termino Avenue (not reported until 12/4/2012)
- 2/7/13 3:30 p.m. 600 block of Lime Avenue
- 2/23/13 4:30 p.m. 4th Street & Magnolia Avenue
- 3/6/13 3:00 p.m. 8th Street & Locust Avenue
- 3/15/13 6:30 a.m. Alley near 7th Street & Orange Avenue
- 3/15/13 6:15 p.m. 4th Street & Cerritos Avenue
- 3/23/13 9:00 p.m. 3rd Street & Orange Avenue
- 3/25/13 2:30 p.m. 4th Street & Atlantic Avenue
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Anyone that has also been a victim that has not reported the incident to police or recognizes the suspect description is asked to contact Long Beach Police Sex Crimes Detective Louis Galvan at 562-570-6407. Anonymous tips may be submitted by calling 800-222-TIPS, texting TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or visiting http://www.lacrimestoppers.org/.