Parolee arrested in S.F. sexual assault
Will Kane
Updated 1:05 pm, Wednesday, February 20, 2013
- Arthur R. Salinas, arrested in connection with a sexual assault Feb. 13, 2013, on the 1400 block of Sutter Street in San Francisco. Photo: Photo From San Francisco Police, San Francisco Police Department
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(02-20) 12:16 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- A 57-year-old man on parole for rape in Texas has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a woman in San Francisco, police said Wednesday.
The woman told police that she struck up a conversation with the man at a store on the 1400 block of Sutter Street, near Franklin Street, at 11 p.m. Saturday, said Officer Albie Esparza, a police spokesman.
The man walked with her for a block, then pushed her into a stairwell and sexually assaulted her, Esparza said.
The man fled and the woman returned home, where her roommate called 911, police said. The woman was taken to the hospital to be evaluated by doctors and was later released.
She told police that she had taken evidence from the crime scene that could identify her attacker, Esparza said without elaborating.
Officers swarmed the area and arrested a man fitting the attacker's description, Arthur R. Salinas of San Francisco, at the corner of Franklin and Sutter streets, police said. He was booked on suspicion of sexual and aggravated assault, kidnapping and false imprisonment.
He was also booked on suspicion of failing to register as a sex offender. Police said Salinas is wanted in Texas for allegedly violating his parole as a sex offender.
In 1981, Salinas began a 60-year prison sentence for rape in Galveston County, Texas, said Connie Durdin, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Salinas was paroled in August 2012 and a warrant was issued for his arrest in December after he failed to check in with his parole officer, Durdin said.
The woman told police that she struck up a conversation with the man at a store on the 1400 block of Sutter Street, near Franklin Street, at 11 p.m. Saturday, said Officer Albie Esparza, a police spokesman.
The man walked with her for a block, then pushed her into a stairwell and sexually assaulted her, Esparza said.
The man fled and the woman returned home, where her roommate called 911, police said. The woman was taken to the hospital to be evaluated by doctors and was later released.
She told police that she had taken evidence from the crime scene that could identify her attacker, Esparza said without elaborating.
Officers swarmed the area and arrested a man fitting the attacker's description, Arthur R. Salinas of San Francisco, at the corner of Franklin and Sutter streets, police said. He was booked on suspicion of sexual and aggravated assault, kidnapping and false imprisonment.
He was also booked on suspicion of failing to register as a sex offender. Police said Salinas is wanted in Texas for allegedly violating his parole as a sex offender.
In 1981, Salinas began a 60-year prison sentence for rape in Galveston County, Texas, said Connie Durdin, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Salinas was paroled in August 2012 and a warrant was issued for his arrest in December after he failed to check in with his parole officer, Durdin said.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Parolee-arrested-in-S-F-sexual-assault-4293899.php#ixzz2LTkWBjRz
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