HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010_07_23_Secret Witness_Rape 2400 BLK Olive
BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE Greg Williamson, Chief of Police ________________________________________________________________________ Contact: Sergeant Mary DeGeare Public
Information Officer 661-326-3803 mdegeare@Bakersfieldpd.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2010 The Secret Witness Program is offering a reward up to $5000.00 for information related
to a rape which occurred on 7/19/10, at about 7:40 p.m., in an apartment complex in the area of 24th Street and Oak Street. A female victim reported she returned home and as she was
entering her apartment she was confronted by two male suspects who forced her inside her apartment at knife point and forcibly raped her. The suspects then choked her unconscious and
fled. The woman regained consciousness and called 911. Officers responded and found her inside the apartment. The suspects were not located. Statements made to the victim during the
offense suggest that she was not a randomly selected victim. The suspects are described as follows: Hispanic male 30’s, 5’9”-6’1” tall, 200 pounds, black short hair and unshaven, wearing
a white t-shirt and blue jeans, having a one inch wide surgical scar on his lower chest extending to his belly button and a heavy Spanish accent. Hispanic male 20’s, 5’9” tall, 180 pounds,
dark brown hair, thin build, unshaven, wearing a t shirt with red and blue vertical stripes and dark blue or black jeans. Anyone with information regarding this crime is urged to call
Detective Lance O’Nesky at 326-3557 or the Secret Witness line at 322-4040. The Secret Witness phone line operates 24 hours a day. Secrecy is guaranteed to those who call. Callers will
be asked to select a code name and code number when they provide information to Secret Witness. Should additional contact with the caller be necessary, the code name will be published
along with a request for the original caller to establish contact. Once contact is made, the caller will be asked to provide their original code number for verification purposes. The
same steps will be taken to pay a reward to the caller. Secret Witness is operated under the direction of an independent, voluntary board of directors representing civic organizations,
law enforcement agencies, media outlets, and corporate sponsors.