A Santa Monica man has been charged with raping a lady close to Culver Metropolis in October and kidnapping a feminine UCLA scholar in March to attempt to rape her, authorities mentioned.
Alexander Schecter, 26, was initially arrested at his Santa Monica house on March 12 after UCLA Police Division officers recognized him because the suspect in a case the place he allegedly prevented two feminine college students from leaving his automobile close to campus.
On March 8 round 3 a.m., two feminine college students reported {that a} man prevented them from exiting his car and threatened violence once they have been being dropped off close to UCLA, police mentioned. Schecter posted bail and was launched.
As UCPD officers continued to research they recognized Schecter because the suspect in a beforehand unreported sexual assault involving a separate lady that occurred about 5 months earlier than the alleged kidnapping.
Neither Schecter nor the opposite feminine sufferer is believed to have any connection to the college, police mentioned. UCPD officers rearrested him on March 21. He then posted $100,000 bail and was launched, in line with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Division’s inmate data middle.
On Thursday, he was charged with one depend of kidnapping to commit one other crime, one depend of first diploma residential theft, two counts of forcible oral copulation and one depend of rape, in line with the legal criticism. He’s scheduled to be arraigned Friday.
He’s accused of sexually assaulting a lady on Oct. 12 between 2 and 5 a.m. within the space of Venice Boulevard and Clarington Avenue on the border of Palms and Culver Metropolis, police mentioned. The residential theft and forcible oral copulation prices are additionally from this incident, in line with courtroom information.
Detectives consider there could also be extra victims and are asking anybody with data to contact the UCPD’s investigations division at (310) 825-9371.
