LANCASTER MAN HELD IN RAPE CASE.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - A 20-year-old Lancaster man was arrested on suspicion of raping and then trying to kill a 62-year-old woman by setting fire to her apartment. Manuel Ayon, 20, of Lancaster was friends with the woman's son and had lived with them until recently, deputies said. ``He was wearing a mask during the attack but she recognized his voice and gave investigators his nickname, Manny Manny may refer to: In nobility:
Ayon, who has a previous arrest on suspicion of spouse abuse, was taken into custody for investigation of suspicion of rape, attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. , battery and other allegations, and is being held at the Lancaster sheriff's station on more than $1 million bail. The attack occurred about 4 a.m. Tuesday after the suspect apparently entered through a window, officials said. The woman told deputies she awoke to find a masked man standing over her, binding her hands with tape. Although investigators aren't clear on the exact sequence of events, the woman made her way into the kitchen and grabbed a knife but the attacker took it away from her. At some point the man forced the woman to watch videos with him and sexually assaulted her. The intruder An attacker that gains, or tries to gain, unauthorized access to a system. See attacker, intrusion and IDS. ransacked ran·sack tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search or examine thoroughly. 2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage. the apartment, lighted fires in the bedroom and bathroom and scattered newspapers around to feed the flames, then drove off in the woman's car. The woman managed to free herself and had a neighbor call 911. The neighbor then used a fire extinguisher fire extinguisher: see fire fighting. to fight the flames. After interviewing the woman at the hospital, investigators said they searched the Career Criminal Apprehension Program database for the name Manny and matched it with Ayon. As investigators were questioning Ayon's mother, whom he lived with, about 7 p.m. Tuesday night the suspect walked in and was arrested based on evidence found in his home and the identification of the woman. The woman was treated at the hospital and released the same day and was not injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in the blaze, officials said. The motive behind the attack is still unclear, investigators said. But they said he might have been looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. something in the apartment. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) AYON |
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