SAN DIEGO: Authorities arrested a 17-year-old convicted felon whose DNA was found at a woman's College Area home where she was raped last week, police said yesterday.
The teenager, who lives in Rolando, was arrested during a traffic stop Monday evening on suspicion of sexual assault, San Diego police said. His name was withheld because he is a minor.
The teen, who had been released days earlier from a juvenile detention center, is accused of raping a 47-year-old woman at knifepoint Aug. 13 in her home on 67th Street.
The attacker entered through an unlocked kitchen window about 4 a.m. and demanded money from the woman in her bedroom. When she said she did not have any, he pulled out a knife and raped her, said sex crimes Lt. Carolyn Kendrick.
The woman fought back at one point by hitting the suspect on the head with a glass cup, and he responded by cutting her on a forearm and thigh, Kendrick said.
On Monday, investigators processing evidence from the scene got a match on the attacker's DNA, which was already in a local database.
The teenager has previous convictions for burglary and robbery in 2007 and was also investigated that year in connection with a sexual assault, but the charges were apparently dropped or never filed, Kendrick said. –A.M. & K.D.
Two sailors are arrested
in fatal weekend shooting
SAN DIEGO: Two sailors were arrested early yesterday at the San Diego Naval Base at 32nd Street in connection with a shooting in Lincoln Acres over the weekend that killed one man and injured another.
The sailors, Harvey Herat Jordan III and Cloris Jerome Cannon, were booked on suspicion of murder and assault.
The shooting was reported shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday on Cypress Street near 32nd Street, said Sheriff's Lt. Dennis Brugos.
Dennis Eugene Trollinger, 31, was killed and Aaron Wilkerson, 36, was wounded.
Witnesses said the four men had been arguing moments before the shooting and may have come from a local sports lounge shortly before the argument. After the shooting, the assailants left in a red Ford Mustang. –M.A.
Two men with handguns
rob taco shop in La Mesa
LA MESA: Two armed men robbed Rosarito's taco shop on Lake Murray Boulevard near El Paso Street on Monday night, police said.
The men entered the business about 9 p.m. displaying large-caliber revolvers. One told a male clerk to get on the floor in the back of the restaurant, then took money from the register and the clerk's wallet and cell phone.
The other robber stood by a female clerk. Neither employee was injured.
The men fled on foot, and no vehicle was seen.
One robber was described as black, in his early 20s, 5 feet 9 inches tall and wearing a black shirt, blue jeans and a blue mask. The other was described as black, in his early 20s and 5 feet 7 inches tall. –S.S.
Truck driver discovers
body of motorcyclist
EAST COUNTY: The body of a 48-year-old man, who apparently died in a motorcycle accident, was discovered yesterday morning by a semi-truck driver on a rural road east of Live Oak Springs.
Bernardino Rios Ceballos Jr. was riding a 2004 Honda XR650R on Church Road, near the Campo Indian Reservation, when he apparently lost control, left the road and was thrown from the motorcycle, authorities said.
The accident occurred sometime either Monday or early yesterday.
The driver found Ceballos' body, with the motorcycle nearby, about 6 a.m. –J.L.J.
Man suffers head injuries
when struck by vehicle
SAN DIEGO: A 66-year-old pedestrian in University City was struck by a vehicle as he crossed a street early yesterday, police said.
The man suffered major head injuries when he was struck about 5:50 a.m. on Governor Drive at Regents Road, a police spokeswoman said. The man was taken to a hospital and the driver was not cited.
The victim's name was not available. –A.M. & P.R.
Staff writers Angelica Martinez, Kristina Davis, Mark Arner, Susan Shroder, Jose Luis Jiménez and Pauline Repard contributed to this report.
