A California man suspected of sexually assaulting three women was arrested Thursday after he was caught attacking a 67-year-old woman "in broad daylight" with no clothes on, Fremont police said.
Fremont police stop alleged sexual assault in broad daylight
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A man suspected of sexually assaulting three women in Fremont this month was arrested while allegedly carrying out his third attack “in broad daylight,” police said in a media release on Friday.
Alexander Lomax, 28, was reportedly naked and sexually assaulting a 67-year-old woman in the front yard of a Fremont home Thursday morning when officers, summoned by witnesses to the alleged attack, rushed to the woman’s aid and Lomax surrendered.
Police say the victim was transported to a trauma center with multiple broken bones and facial injuries.
BY ABC News Radio | May 15, 2021
Fremont Police Department
(FREMONT, Calif.) A California man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an Asian woman is suspected of two other attacks and could be linked to more, the Fremont Police Department posted on its Facebook page late Friday night.
Alexander Lomax, who police described as a 28-year-old man from Hayward, was arrested Thursday, Fremont police said.
Police said he severely beat and assaulted a 67-year-old Asian woman in broad daylight around 11 a.m. on Thursday in the front yard of a residence near Grimmer Blvd. and Blacow Rd. in the Bay Area, according to a Friday press release.
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When officers arrived at the scene, Lomax was nude and still sexually assaulting the victim. She was transported to a trauma center with major injuries including significant facial injuries and multiple broken bones. Lomax was taken into custody.
Police said Lomax struck the victim repeatedly in the head and face and then dragged her across the yard and sexually assaulted her. Witnesses called 911.
Lomax was arrested on suspicion of rape, kidnapping with the intent to commit sodomy, assault with the intent to commit rape, sexual battery by restraint, assault with a deadly weapon with great bodily injury and elder abuse with injuries.