By SDCN Staff
San Diego, CA–A 17-year-old is in custody at the Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility in connection with an alleged sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl in Lincoln Acres, authorities said.
On August 11, just after 5 p.m., the juvenile surrendered to members of the San Diego Regional Fugitive Task Force after agreeing on a pickup location in the 800 block of Camino de la Reina in San Diego.
Detectives with the Sheriff’s Sexual Assault Unit had identified the suspect and had been working with the Fugitive Task Force and the suspect’s family to take him into custody.
The teen is facing felony charges of kidnapping to commit rape or robbery, assault with intent to commit rape, assault by means likely to cause bodily injury, and robbery.
The incident occurred on July 26 just before 3 p.m. near the 2900 block of Prospect Street near Sweetwater Road in the unincorporated community of Lincoln Acres.
The teen told Sheriff’s detectives she was walking along Prospect Street when the suspect tackled her to the ground. She was able to fight him off and run away. The victim says the suspect caught up to her, tackled her again, and tried to sexually assault her.
A Good Samaritan saw the attack and intervened, which caused the suspect to run away with the victim’s cell phone. The victim suffered minor injuries from the attack.
