Portland sex crimes detectives have arrested a year-old man in connection with a string of pre-dawn break-ins targeting female victims, most recently an incident last week in which someone entered a Northeast Portland woman's window and exposed himself while she was sleeping. Juan Carlos Lagunas-Garcia is facing multiple charges in connection with the May 31 break-in at a home in the block of Northeast Davis Street. The year-old victim told police she awakened around a. The man ran out the front door when she screamed.
According to charging documents, Lagunas-Garcia touched the victim on the mouth. Lagunas-Garcia also a suspect in two pre-dawn break-ins last year involving female victims. In the first case, a year-old girl was attacked in an apartment in the block of Southeast Cherry Blossom Drive at a.
Lagunas-Garcia is accused of unlawfully entering the apartment and touching the girl's breast. In the second case, the victim was a year old girl who was attacked in another a. The girl fought back and the suspect fled. Lagunas-Garcia is accused in that case of strangulation and unlawfully entering the home with the intent to commit sexual abuse. Pete Simpson, a spokesman for the Portland Police Bureau. All three cases involved entry into open first floor windows.
Lagunas-Garcia, who was booked in the Multnomah County Jail, was charged with three counts of first-degree burglary and one count each of strangulation, first-degree sexual abuse and third-degree sexual abuse.
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