SUSPECT HELD, ACCUSED IN FOOTHILL-AREA RAPES.Byline: Helen Gao Staff Writer PASADENA -- A suspected serial rapist rap·ist n. One who commits rape. Noun 1. rapist - someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse raper aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks who has targeted women in Pasadena and Glendale was charged Tuesday with four counts of rape and five counts of burglary, officials said. Clifton Hutchins, 34, of Altadena also was charged with one count of possession of cocaine for sale and misdemeanor prowling prowl v. prowled, prowl·ing, prowls v.tr. To roam through stealthily, as in search of prey or plunder: prowled the alleys of the city after dark. v.intr. , prosecutors said. He was being held in lieu of $4.5 million bail pending his Dec. 4 arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted . At a news conference, attended by Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. , authorities said DNA evidence Among the many new tools that science has provided for the analysis of forensic evidence is the powerful and controversial analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, the material that makes up the genetic code of most organisms. and a partial palm print found at a crime scene linked Hutchins to three rapes; other evidence connected him to the fourth attack. ``We are very elated e·lat·ed adj. Exultantly proud and joyful. e·lat  ed·ly adv.e·lat (about the arrest),'' said Pasadena Detective Tory Riley. ``It was hard work and lots of long man-hours.'' Authorities said detectives are investigating other rapes and burglaries in the area to determine if Hutchins could be a suspect. ``These profiles will be uploaded to the California and national data bases for future comparisons to any unsolved cases,'' Baca said. Hutchins is suspected of attacking four women, three in Pasadena and one in La Crescenta, between June and November, police said. The victims -- all older, white women -- were home alone. ``He seemed to be familiar with the layout of the homes. Most of the victims were in bed or getting ready to go to bed,'' Glendale Detective Tanhnee Lightfoot said. ``It appears he may have been casing the homes. He was familiar with the victims' routines.'' Descriptions of the rapist given by the women were similar -- an African-American man, 200 pounds and about 6 feet tall. Investigators had no suspect in the rapes until they realized that the description of a prowler reported in September in Glendale matched that of the attacker in La Crescenta. Lightfoot said the suspect left a behind a partial palm print on the window of the La Crescenta home. |
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