21-year-old Sergio Andrew Garcia is accused of two sexual assaults and three other crimes during a 6-day span in the East Los Angeles area. One of those attacks was the brutal beating of an elderly woman who was gardening outside her home.
On July 16, 67-year-old Rosalina Martinez was cleaning the front of her East Los Angeles home when Garcia allegedly grabbed her from behind, threw her to the ground, hit her repeatedly and tried to pull down her pants.The attack left Martinez with a broken nose and eyes swollen shut from her face being badly bruised.
Neighbors tell FOX 11 that on the day before Martinez was assaulted, an 84-year-old woman named Angelica was attacked early in the morning. The alleged attacker is believed to beJuly 10: Garcia allegedly followed the victim walking near Olympic Boulevard and Albany. He is accused of sexually assaulting her and trying to remove her clothes as she walked under the 110 Freeway at Olympic Boulevard and LA Live Way.
July 11: Garcia allegedly approached a woman from behind, slapped her back, then ran away in the area near Chick Hern Court and Georgia Street.Authorities have identified the suspect as 21-year-old Sergio Andrew Garcia. July 15: Garcia approached a woman walking home from church in the 1300 block of south Alvarado Street around 9:20 a.m. That's when he allegedly hit the woman in the face multiple times. Garcia allegedly took the woman's belongings and ran away. Around 15 minutes later, Garcia allegedly sexually assaulted a woman who was rummaging through the trunk of her car in the 1300 block of South Burlington Avenue.
Garcia was arrested late Tuesday night and jailed in lieu of $2 million bail, according to the sheriff's department and jail records.Are you or someone you know a recent survivor of sexual assault? Help is available. Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network provides a 24/7 national sexual assault hotline, which can be reached at
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