San Marcos Police are searching for a man believed to have broken into a woman’s apartment and sexually assaulted her at gunpoint Wednesday afternoon.
It happened at The Cottages of San Marcos, 1415 Craddock Avenue, and came just days after a woman at another student apartment complex awoke to find a man in her bed grabbing at her breast.
It’s unknown if the two incidents are connected, or if the same suspect is responsible.
The city said in a press release that the victim in Wednesday’s incident reported it at police headquarters that evening. She told investigators that she arrived home around 3:45 p.m. and found a stranger hiding in her bedroom. “She says the unknown suspect threatened her with a handgun and sexually assaulted her.”
The release did not say if there was any sign of forced entry. In the earlier incident which occurred at Dakota Ranch on Old Ranch Road 12 early Sunday, the suspect is believed to have entered through a second-story balcony.
The sexual assault suspect was described as a black male in his 20s with an athletic build, approximately six feet tall wearing a black sweatshirt, black pants, black gloves, black socks, black slide sandals and a mask covering the lower half of his face.
The woman at Dakota Ranch, whose screams sent the assailant fleeing, told police he was white or Hispanic and in his early 20s, between five feet, three inches and five feet, 10 inches tall of “average” build wearing a white T-shirt and a green “letterman-style” jacket. She said his face was covered either with a shirt or a bandana.
Police also found one apartment at Dakota Ranch whose locks had been tampered with. They asked residents with personal security systems to review their video for any “pertinent” images.
Anyone with any information about the assault at the Cottages is asked to contact Det. Dave Campbell at 512-753-2313 or [email protected]. Information about the Dakota Ranch incident should be directed to Det. Tricia Davidson, 512-753-2315 or [email protected]. Those wishing to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers at 800-324-TIPS.
