T.O. attempted rape suspect turns self in: VCSO

A 26-year-old transient from Los Angeles turned himself in to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Workplace after he tried to rape a lady within the Janss Market parking construction early Friday morning, authorities mentioned.

At about 4:25 a.m., Alexis Armando Cruz first requested a 67-year-old lady for cash, and when the Thousand Oaks resident advised him she didn’t have any to provide her, Cruz “bodily assaulted her knocking her to the bottom the place he tried to commit rape,” the Ventura County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a press launch.

“The sufferer was capable of combat the suspect off and flee the scene,” the Sheriff’s Workplace added.

At 11:45 a.m. that very same morning, Cruz entered the VCSO’s Misplaced Hills Station and admitted to the tried sexual assault, authorities mentioned.

“Cruz was taken into custody by Thousand Oaks patrol deputies and additional investigation led to assortment of serious proof linking Cruz to the tried rape reported earlier,” the discharge added.

Cruz faces expenses of assault with intent to commit rape and elder abuse, and he’s being held within the Ventura County Essential Jail in lieu of $200,000 bail, in response to the VCSO and jail data.

He is because of seem in Ventura County Superior Courtroom at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, jail data present.