Man arrested for sexually assaulting two women in Long Beach – NBC Los Angeles

A 21-year-old homeless man was arrested on Friday on suspicion of sexually assaulting two girls in separate attacks in Long Beach.

According to Long Beach police, officers responded to the intersection of Carson Street and Atlantic Avenue around 10:15 a.m. Thursday after receiving a report of a sexual assault on a girl.

According to police, the girl was on a bus when she was approached by an unknown man. The girl and the man both exited the bus, and after a “brief verbal exchange,” the suspect “proceeded to sexually assault the victim.”
said the police.

Shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday, the suspect allegedly approached another girl on a bus near Artesia Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue. He followed the girl off the bus and sexually assaulted her as well, police said.

Investigators described the suspect as a 5’8″ tall, 180 pound man with black hair and brown eyes. He also has several small tattoos on his forearms.

He was later identified as George Marquez and arrested on suspicion of attempted rape and penetration with a foreign object. He had two warrants out for his arrest for terrorizing a victim and intimidation and battery, police said. Marquez was being held on $242,000 bail.

Anyone with information about the alleged sexual assault is asked to call Detective William Neal of the LBPD’s Sex Crimes Unit at 562-570-7368. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
or visit lacrimestoppers.org.