Two women reported being the victims of sexual assaults that occurred several hours apart late Thursday and early Friday, according to the Davis Police Department.
The first occurred at about 10:20 p.m. Thursday at the Cranbrook Apartments, 955 Cranbrook Ct., where a woman said she was walking to a friend’s apartment when she heard a bicyclist ride up behind her, Deputy Police Chief Paul Doroshov said.
“The victim stepped to the side to let the bicyclist past. As the male rider went by, he grabbed the victim’s buttocks and made a lewd comment. The suspect then rode away,” Doroshov said.
The woman described the suspect as a Hispanic male adult, 20 to 30 years old, of average build, wearing a red hooded jacket, white hat and dark pants. He was last seen riding a red bike toward Covell Boulevard.
Three hours later, at 1:20 a.m. Friday, a woman in the 200 block of Rice Lane reported she was entering her residence through a side gate when she noticed a man standing behind her.
“The suspect engaged her in conversation and told her he was looking for a friend’s house,” Doroshov said. “At some point during the conversation, the suspect lunged at the victim and grabbed one of her breasts,” making a lewd comment before fleeing the area.
That suspect was described as a Hispanic male, 25 to 30 years old, about 5-foot-4 and 180 pounds, wearing a light-colored T-shirt and dark pants. He was seen getting into a vehicle that headed toward First Street.
Doroshov noted that the incidents bore similarities to a Feb. 2 case, previously reported in The Davis Enterprise, in which a woman was sexually battered from behind while bent over to look for a lost item inside her car in the parking lot of the Tanglewood at Davis Apartments, 1880 Cowell Blvd.
A witness to that incident, which occurred at about 8 p.m., described the suspect as a white or Hispanic male adult, 5-foot-6 in height with an average build, wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans. The suspect may have had an accent and rode away on a blue colored cruiser-style bicycle.
“While we cannot be sure, we believe the cases maybe related based on some similarities in the suspect description and the content of the lewd comments the suspect made when committing the acts,” Doroshov said. “All the above cases are under investigation.”
Anyone with information any of these incidents is asked to contact the Davis Police Department at 530-747-5400.
— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise.net or 530-747-5400. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene