"(...) very good and quick thinking on her part. This probably prevented her from further attacks," an Indianapolis, Indiana police spokesperson said, according to wishtv.com.
Police say the woman was attacked in a parking garage on one of the busiest streets in the downtown area. The incident occurred in the middle of the afternoon when a lot of people were leaving work.
The woman was allegedly entering her car when the suspect put his hand around her mouth and pushed her into the car, police say.
The intended victim pushed the "panic" button on her keychain. When the attacker heard the horn and saw the flashing lights, he took off running.
Showing posts with label attempted assault. Show all posts
Showing posts with label attempted assault. Show all posts
Friday, February 01, 2008
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
"My-key-do" #5
At 2:31 a.m. on Saturday, a police foot patrol responded to a call for an attempted sexual assault in Isla Vista, California, independent.com reports.
The woman told authorities she had met the suspect to buy cocaine from him, but when she arrived, he pushed her into a car and starting ripping her clothes.
Using her keys as a weapon between her fingers, she punched the man in the neck and was able to run away. The victim knows the suspect, because she had bought drugs from him before.
The woman told authorities she had met the suspect to buy cocaine from him, but when she arrived, he pushed her into a car and starting ripping her clothes.
Using her keys as a weapon between her fingers, she punched the man in the neck and was able to run away. The victim knows the suspect, because she had bought drugs from him before.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
The scream
Illinois -- A 21-year-old Arlington Heights man is accused of a violent burglary attempt. The man allegedly broke into a Mount Prospect apartment early Saturday morning, pushed the startled woman inside to the floor and hit her repeatedly.
The incident began around 3:15 a.m. Saturday. The accused allegedly entered through the bedroom window of an apartment, where a 27-year-old woman awoke to find the man standing over her, according to police reports.
Startled, the woman screamed. The intruder threatened to tie her up and struck her several times in the face.
The man fled the apartment through the bedroom window. He later was arrested when police determined he matched the description provided by the victim. The man later told police he was scared someone would hear the woman when she screamed.
The incident began around 3:15 a.m. Saturday. The accused allegedly entered through the bedroom window of an apartment, where a 27-year-old woman awoke to find the man standing over her, according to police reports.
Startled, the woman screamed. The intruder threatened to tie her up and struck her several times in the face.
The man fled the apartment through the bedroom window. He later was arrested when police determined he matched the description provided by the victim. The man later told police he was scared someone would hear the woman when she screamed.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Street-smart kid
This is one smart kid! Sadly too many people don't know about strategic planning and the positive effects of preparing for what we call worst-case scenario.
Story:
New York -- An 11-year-old girl kept herself ready for the worst, constantly rehearsing in her mind how she could escape an attacker or kidnapper. Little did she know her hours of mental preparation would pay off - possibly saving the Brooklyn girl's life.
On Sunday, the 4-foot-5, 80-pound sixth-grader was hailed as a hero for fighting off an attacker twice her size - then having the wits about her to help capture the suspect.
The girl was coming back home when she realized a 19-year-old male was following her and decided to run home.
She recalled seeing him talking to her landlord before, she said, and wondered if she had misjudged him. But after making it up two and a half flights of stairs in her building, the man grabbed her just short of her apartment, she said.
"He grabbed my mouth and told me to not scream. I thought he was going to take me up to the roof and rape me or something like that," the girl said. "When [we] went downstairs, he loosened my wrist a little bit. And I took advantage of that and I broke out of where he was holding me and I ran outside."
That was Plan B - "to calm down, relax and try to get away." The girl also admitted, "Before a robbery happens, I always think of a plan to do. But sometimes when I'm nervous or scared, I forget my ideas. I only came up with half a plan when I got caught." She didn't immediately scream because she wasn't sure her brother would hear her.
When she got away, she screamed for help and buzzed all the apartment intercoms. Finally, two residents heard them, and the two men, with the help of other neighbors, grabbed the suspect, who had taken off his green shirt, possibly to evade capture. According to the media, the man said, "I'm sorry, I won't do it again. I won't do it again," as the "crowd pummeled him to keep him from escaping."
The girl's parting advice: "Try to figure out a plan before somebody tries to kidnap you. That way if somebody tries to touch you, you're ready to attack them back."
Source
Story:
New York -- An 11-year-old girl kept herself ready for the worst, constantly rehearsing in her mind how she could escape an attacker or kidnapper. Little did she know her hours of mental preparation would pay off - possibly saving the Brooklyn girl's life.
On Sunday, the 4-foot-5, 80-pound sixth-grader was hailed as a hero for fighting off an attacker twice her size - then having the wits about her to help capture the suspect.
The girl was coming back home when she realized a 19-year-old male was following her and decided to run home.
She recalled seeing him talking to her landlord before, she said, and wondered if she had misjudged him. But after making it up two and a half flights of stairs in her building, the man grabbed her just short of her apartment, she said.
"He grabbed my mouth and told me to not scream. I thought he was going to take me up to the roof and rape me or something like that," the girl said. "When [we] went downstairs, he loosened my wrist a little bit. And I took advantage of that and I broke out of where he was holding me and I ran outside."
That was Plan B - "to calm down, relax and try to get away." The girl also admitted, "Before a robbery happens, I always think of a plan to do. But sometimes when I'm nervous or scared, I forget my ideas. I only came up with half a plan when I got caught." She didn't immediately scream because she wasn't sure her brother would hear her.
When she got away, she screamed for help and buzzed all the apartment intercoms. Finally, two residents heard them, and the two men, with the help of other neighbors, grabbed the suspect, who had taken off his green shirt, possibly to evade capture. According to the media, the man said, "I'm sorry, I won't do it again. I won't do it again," as the "crowd pummeled him to keep him from escaping."
The girl's parting advice: "Try to figure out a plan before somebody tries to kidnap you. That way if somebody tries to touch you, you're ready to attack them back."
Source
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Hotel rooms
In the eyes of a perpetrator, a hotel room is a "perfect" place for criminal activities - it's secluded and you can lock the door. Plus, people are used to a certain level of noise. In a sense it is "private" - kind of like domestic disturbances coming form a neighbor.
Story:
A female guest reported a male maid sexually assaulted her at a hotel in Middletown. She said the man came into her room around noon Saturday and fondled her in the bathroom.
When she tried to make him leave, he pushed her into a corner and attempted to kiss her, according to a police report.
Source
Story:
A female guest reported a male maid sexually assaulted her at a hotel in Middletown. She said the man came into her room around noon Saturday and fondled her in the bathroom.
When she tried to make him leave, he pushed her into a corner and attempted to kiss her, according to a police report.
Source
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
More music
Australia -- Police investigating a sexual assault in Sydney have warned women wearing iPods to stay alert to what is going on around them.
The 22-year-old victim had been listening to music on her iPod and was unaware a man had followed her from Town Hall Station to her work about 9:15 a.m. on February 20.
Police say the man indecently assaulted her in a stairwell leading from the foyer to the first floor, before she managed to fight him off and run to a nearby shop for help.
She returned to work and immediately contacted police, who are treating the case as an attempted sexual assault.
Source
The 22-year-old victim had been listening to music on her iPod and was unaware a man had followed her from Town Hall Station to her work about 9:15 a.m. on February 20.
Police say the man indecently assaulted her in a stairwell leading from the foyer to the first floor, before she managed to fight him off and run to a nearby shop for help.
She returned to work and immediately contacted police, who are treating the case as an attempted sexual assault.
Source
Monday, February 05, 2007
Push-in
This is a classical attempt at something commonly called a "push-in".
Story:
Virginia -- A man started following a 21-year-old University of Virginia student as she walked home from a party, a Charlottesville police spokesman said.
"When she opened up the door to her home, he rushed her and tried to force her inside," the spokesman said.
The student's roommate and her boyfriend were inside the home when she arrived and came to her assistance when they heard her screaming, police said.
Source
Story:
Virginia -- A man started following a 21-year-old University of Virginia student as she walked home from a party, a Charlottesville police spokesman said.
"When she opened up the door to her home, he rushed her and tried to force her inside," the spokesman said.
The student's roommate and her boyfriend were inside the home when she arrived and came to her assistance when they heard her screaming, police said.
Source
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
'Honkido'
Biloxi, Mississippi -- The victim of an attempted sexual assault and carjacking attracted attention by honking her horn, which scared off her attacker, police confirmed after announcing the suspect's arrest.
The 18-year-old suspect was arrested Wednesday at his home a few blocks from the convenience store where the crimes were reported early Sunday.
The woman was hurt, but her physical injuries were not believed to be serious.
Source
The 18-year-old suspect was arrested Wednesday at his home a few blocks from the convenience store where the crimes were reported early Sunday.
The woman was hurt, but her physical injuries were not believed to be serious.
Source
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Six assault cases
Washington, D.C. -- Another woman has come forward saying she was attacked near Howard University, police say. So far six attempted sexual assaults have been reported in one week.
The attacker is targeting women walking alone just off campus, police say. All six incidents have occurred some time between 4 a.m. and 9:50 a.m.
In two of the incidents, the suspect used a knife. In each case, the victim managed to escape.
While police say there's no conclusive evidence the incidents are related, the descriptions of the suspect, whom they consider armed and dangerous, are similar.
Source
The attacker is targeting women walking alone just off campus, police say. All six incidents have occurred some time between 4 a.m. and 9:50 a.m.
In two of the incidents, the suspect used a knife. In each case, the victim managed to escape.
While police say there's no conclusive evidence the incidents are related, the descriptions of the suspect, whom they consider armed and dangerous, are similar.
Source
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Hazards at work, 7
Miramar, Florida -- A Wingate Inn hotel clerk was hospitalized early Tuesday morning and remains in stable condition after she was brutally beaten during an attempted sexual assault.
Police say a hotel guest attacked the clerk around midnight and tried to sexually assault her. According to police, the man first propositioned the 19-year old clerk for oral sex in exchange for money.
The woman refused and the suspect walked away. But he returned less than an hour later and made another lewd offer. When the woman declined his advances, he asked her for access to the business center. Once inside, he tried to rape her, a Miramar police spokesman said.
When she laid down and he went to pull her skirt up, she started to fight back. During the fight however, the attacker broke her jaw and knocked out several teeth.Ultimately, she was able to escape and find help.
The suspect, who is from the town of Seminole, fled on foot. Police later found him covered in blood at a nearby Chevron station.
Source
Police say a hotel guest attacked the clerk around midnight and tried to sexually assault her. According to police, the man first propositioned the 19-year old clerk for oral sex in exchange for money.
The woman refused and the suspect walked away. But he returned less than an hour later and made another lewd offer. When the woman declined his advances, he asked her for access to the business center. Once inside, he tried to rape her, a Miramar police spokesman said.
When she laid down and he went to pull her skirt up, she started to fight back. During the fight however, the attacker broke her jaw and knocked out several teeth.Ultimately, she was able to escape and find help.
The suspect, who is from the town of Seminole, fled on foot. Police later found him covered in blood at a nearby Chevron station.
Source
Saturday, October 21, 2006
"Rocky"
Again an example of using what is at hand to your advantage.
Story:
Colorado -- The woman told detectives she was getting into her vehicle last Saturday afternoon when the man, who was hiding in the back of the vehicle, threatened her with a knife.
The man forced the woman to drive to an unknown area near Central City. He dragged the woman from the car and took her into the woods where he tried to sexually assault her, police said.
During the struggle, the woman was able to strike the man in the forehead with a rock causing a large laceration on left side of the suspect's forehead, police said.
The woman was able to get back to her car and drive back to Thornton.
Source
Story:
Colorado -- The woman told detectives she was getting into her vehicle last Saturday afternoon when the man, who was hiding in the back of the vehicle, threatened her with a knife.
The man forced the woman to drive to an unknown area near Central City. He dragged the woman from the car and took her into the woods where he tried to sexually assault her, police said.
During the struggle, the woman was able to strike the man in the forehead with a rock causing a large laceration on left side of the suspect's forehead, police said.
The woman was able to get back to her car and drive back to Thornton.
Source
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Hazards at work, 4
Ireland -- The IHCA has called on the Health Service Executive (HSE) to fulfil its legal obligations and duty of care to its staff following a number of attacks on its members.
Consultant psychiatrist Dr Jane Falvey, from St Senan’s, Enniscorthy, told the conference she had recently had a narrow escape after a patient tried to assault her.
The secretary general of the association Mr Finbarr Fitzpatrick said they had asked the HSE for a security review of hospitals.
“In one instance,” he said, “I know the panic buttons were tested in a hospital and something like 12 out of 24 did not work. In another instance,” he said, “where a consultant was attacked, he had to ring the switch rather than ring the panic button because it wasn’t there.”
Source
Consultant psychiatrist Dr Jane Falvey, from St Senan’s, Enniscorthy, told the conference she had recently had a narrow escape after a patient tried to assault her.
The secretary general of the association Mr Finbarr Fitzpatrick said they had asked the HSE for a security review of hospitals.
“In one instance,” he said, “I know the panic buttons were tested in a hospital and something like 12 out of 24 did not work. In another instance,” he said, “where a consultant was attacked, he had to ring the switch rather than ring the panic button because it wasn’t there.”
Source
Sunday, August 13, 2006
'Bats and bells'
Don't these guys ever learn never to mess with an angry mum?
And I mean, why use a dumbbell? I suppose the dumb part of the word says it all.
A. Go to the gym - pick up a dumbbell
B. Go to pick a fight
C. Get chased away by the mother
D. Go back to the gym
What will he use next time? A set? Larger dumbbells? Maybe the whole rack? No wait, go get the whole gym! That should carry some weight...
Story:
California -- A man armed with a dumbbell attempted to assault a Greenfield man in his home, according to Sheriff's deputies. He was beaten away by a woman with a baseball bat, deputies reported.
The incident allegedly took place late Wednesday afternoon in Greenfield.
Deputies said a 27-year-old man entered the house with the intention of fighting a man, but the would-be victim's mother used the bat to stave off the attack.
Source
And I mean, why use a dumbbell? I suppose the dumb part of the word says it all.
A. Go to the gym - pick up a dumbbell
B. Go to pick a fight
C. Get chased away by the mother
D. Go back to the gym
What will he use next time? A set? Larger dumbbells? Maybe the whole rack? No wait, go get the whole gym! That should carry some weight...
Story:
California -- A man armed with a dumbbell attempted to assault a Greenfield man in his home, according to Sheriff's deputies. He was beaten away by a woman with a baseball bat, deputies reported.
The incident allegedly took place late Wednesday afternoon in Greenfield.
Deputies said a 27-year-old man entered the house with the intention of fighting a man, but the would-be victim's mother used the bat to stave off the attack.
Source
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Client violence
The risk of violence is a reality for most social workers in practice today, says Christina E. Newhill, a nationally regarded social work educator, and it is vitally important that those in the caring professions learn to minimize those job-related dangers.
Newhill, associate professor of social work at the University of Pittsburgh is the author of the book "Client Violence in Social Work Practice".
According to a survey Newhill conducted of 1,600 social workers, 58 percent reported one or more incidents of violence during their career, whether it is property damage, threat of violence, attempted assault or actual physical assault.
Source
Newhill, associate professor of social work at the University of Pittsburgh is the author of the book "Client Violence in Social Work Practice".
According to a survey Newhill conducted of 1,600 social workers, 58 percent reported one or more incidents of violence during their career, whether it is property damage, threat of violence, attempted assault or actual physical assault.
Source
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