Austin Police Seek Help in Broad Daylight Sexual Assault

May 14, 2008

There seems to be no end to sexually-related crimes in the U.S.  An example is the alleged robbery and sexual assault of a young woman in broad daylight in the 1000 block of Clayton Lane, a bustling northeast Austin, Texas neighborhood street, two weeks ago.  Four black males are believed to have been involved in the bizarre crime.

The victim, 20-years-old, told Detective John Sevier of the Austin Police Department's sex crimes unit, that she had been driving near Cameron Road and U.S. Highway 290, minding her own business when, shortly past 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2008, a brown coupe with four men inside drove alongside her and demanded that she pull to the side of the road.  One of the men was brandishing a black gun.  Fearing that she would be shot if she didn't comply, the young woman stopped along Clayton Lane.  Despite the busy activity along the street, the man who held the gun got inside her car and beat her.  He also robbed her, and sexually assaulted her.  He didn't stop the sexual assault until the victim began to scream, at which time he left the scene with the other men.  Distraught and beside herself with fear and anxiety, the victim drove away and was soon involved in a minor accident with another vehicle about a half-mile away from the scene of the attack as she frantically searched for a pay phone so that she could call her boyfriend.

Sevier described the young woman as a "victim of opportunity," and said in a public announcement that the only lead the police have is...

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