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by Bob Loomis
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Concord—With poHce still baffled by two rapes apparently
committed here by the notorious
Sacramento East Side rapist. Concord Supervisor Warren Boggess
is proposing a $200,000 fund for
a county strike force to hunt
down the attacker.
Boggess, currently in the midst
of a tight campaign for re-election, will seek approval for the
fund today at a special meeting of

the Board of Supervisors at County Hospital in Martinez.

Boggess said Sacramento County has spent more than $1 million
attempting to catch the rapist,
who is believed responsible for 39
rapes in Sacramento, Stockton,
Modesto, Davis and Concord.
"It will be expensive for us, too,
but that's what taxpayers pay taxes for," said Boggess.
He said the funds could come
out of the county reserve fund of
about $6 million.

Boggess said he's talked with
law enforcement representatives
from Concord, the county. Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek and all
agree a coordinated task force is
the best solution.
Boggess said "anyone who has
followed the pattern of this guy
knows the next attack could be
anywhere.
"It's a countywide problem and
there's a consensus that this individual has moved into the county
and is residing here."

 00,000 f0 Iiunt rapist
, Boggess said the county also
j should consider offering a reg a r d for information leading to
phe capture of the rapist, who ter^torized two households in less
,jihan a week in the Ygnacio Valley
tarea off Oak Grove Road and
fXreat Boulevard.
I The first attack occurred on
SOct. 7 during the early morning
'hours and involved a 26-year-old
• woman, her husband and their
sleeping infant. The attacker tied
both the woman and her husiband, threatening them and their

child before raping the woman.

The assailant wears a ski mask
and gloves and generally enters
the house without detection to
confront couples in bed at gunpoint with a blinding flashlight.

The following Friday, during
the early morning hours, he entered a house less than a mile
from the first and similarly attacked a 29-ycar-old woman after
tying a 30-year-old man while the
woman's 8-year-old daughter
slept.

He then orders the woman to
tie the man, and ties her in another room before the sexual attack.

In each case, the rapist stole
some items when leaving the
house after several hours. Police
are uncertain whether rape or
robbery is the prime motive.

Since the rapist has been reported in the area, police switchboards have been swamped with
calls and gun dealers report sales
have increased.

 rapist gri]
by Bob Loomis
Staff Writer

Concord—It's a" quiet, uppermiddle-class Ygnacio Valley
neighborhood of high-priced,
well-kept homes w i t h neatly
trimmed lawns and immaculately
cared-fof landscaping. It's also a
neighborhood in terror.
Twice in less than a week, a
man police now believe to be Sacramento's notorious East Side
rapist broke into homes less than
a mile apart to terrorize and rape.
One attack occurred Oct. 7, the

second last Friday. Both were in
the early morning hours.

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In each case, me victims were a
woman, a man and a child. I n
each, the rapist ordered the woman to tic up the man, then bound
and raped her while the child
slept. In each, the victims were
threatened.
The attacker is described as in
his 20s, white, with a very athletic
build. He's armed w i t h a pistol.wears a ski mask and gloves,
and is agile.

How he got into the Concord
homes has police baffled.
"He gets in wherever he wants
to get in," says Concord Police Lt.
Bud Savage.
The attacker's appearance and
his ability to stealthily enter the
victims' homes has led police to
strongly suspect that he's the
same rapist believed responsible
for 39 rapes in Sacramento, Davis
and Stockton.
His early attacks involved single women, but his later assaults
all involved women with children.

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The neighborhood where the
_ oncord rapes occurred is just off
)aic Grove Road near Treat Bouevard.

them to be aware of anyone they
talk to during the day.

probably not the bad guy," says
Savage.

Residents were told to keep
doors and windows locked day
and night, to keep lights on 24
It's an area of few through hours a day and, if possible, sleep
Streets and many cul-de-sacs. behind locked bedroom doors.
[There are apartments and confdominiums around the fringes,
Victims generally do not hear
Iwith single-family residences, the rapist enter the house, but
irnost of them single-slory, in the rather are awakened in bed to
pnner neighborhood. The attacker stare down a gun barrel.
jhits only one-story homes.
Police warn residents against
arming themselves,
Police held a public meeting in
the area Saturday to warn resi" I f they do, they'll probably
dents of the rapist and caution end up hurling somebody, and

News that the Sacramento rapist apparently is in Concord has
stirred a rash of phone calls to
police. The switchboard was busy
answering calls much of yesterday morning. Some callers offer
tips, some seek information, some
call in fear.

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Extra patrols were posted in
the area where the rapes occurred. "We can only hope he's
left town," Savage says.
The investigation will continue.

 Money, men not
key to rape hunt
Concord — Contra Costa County Sheriff Harry
Ramsay said yesterday he doesn't believe more
money or manpower can help authorities hunt
down the notorious Sacramento E a K f ^ e a rapist
who police say is responsible for twarapag here,
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week.
Ramasay told the county supervisors at a special meeting that an intense search is heing conducted by police in Concord, Pleasant Hill, Walnut
Creek, and the sheriff's office.
The meeting was called to consider a proposal
by Concord Supervisor Warren Boggess that the
county spend $200,000 to form a special strike force
to capture the rapist.
"We haven't had any vigilante activity yet. but
people have been up-tight, and there have been
threats of i t , " Concord Police Chief James Chambers said.
He also said the Police Department has spent
between $30,000 and $40,000 on overtime pay.

 Tape in, Danville: cops search area
Danville—A rapist who used tactics identified
with recent rapes in Contra Costa County and Sacramento assau ted a 32-year-old woman in her bed
before ^M4MJSdawn Saturday, a DEC
sheriff's101978
officer said.
Lt. Stan Garvin
refused
to release
details
the
rapist
who
id( of the
crime lanville—A
and said officers
hadused
not tactics
established
rapist's means of entry into the south Danville

home. He said the woman, alone in the house, did
not see her attacker.
Twenty deputies were searching the area, Garvin said. It was the second such attack in the
neighborhood in two months.
Rapes alarm suburbanites. Page 15.

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by
armed man
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man errtered the home of a couple and their two small children
early today, tied iip the Imsbar^d
after threatening several times
to kill the family and then raped
the wife.
Investigators said the suspect,
wearing a thin stocking mask,
apparently gained entry through
the children's bedroom window.
When the husband arose to investigate the man, armed with a
gun, bound him, then placed a
pile of dishes on- his chest and
told him not tp move or he
would be killed.
Following the attack on the
wife, the assailant disappeared.
The husband managed to hobble
into the bedroom of his daughter
and told her to summon police.

 locks," Fremont'police urged residents today after a Mission San Jose rape which carries the
marks of the feared "East Area rapist."
A 27-year-old woman told police she waa
awakened at 1 a.m. yesterday by a man pointing
a gun at her.
The man also awakened her boyfriend, tied
him up and placed some dishes on his back as an
alarm system.
He then raped the woman, robbed her of $500
cash and left.
The victim said she couldn't describe her
attacker because it was dark throughout the ordeal.
Fremont police noted several similarities between the method of operation of the "East Area
rapist" and the Fremont attacker and urged residents to take these precautions:
'Lock all doors and windows before leaving
the house, check the locks when you return, check
to see if your weapons, if any, are still in place,
and install all possible security devices, from
deadbolt locks to peepholes."
The "East Area rapist" is blamed for about
30 rapes in Sacramento and Contra Costa County
during the past year.

 Girl, 13, bound and raped
at home as family sleeps

JUN 213-year-old
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WalnutjtteJi.—A
girl was^rapex^n her home early this morning just a few blocks
from the scene of a June 2 rape
that was almost identical in
style.
A knife-wielding man entered
the Rancho San Miguel home
while the victim, her sister and
parents were asleep. Police said
the girl was bound before being
raped.
After the rapist left, the girl
awakened her parents, who

called police. Several police
cars rushed to the neighborhood
and cordoned off the area but
did not spot the suspect.
Police said the rapist wore a
white mask, shorts and a shirt.
He was described as 6 feet, 185
pounds. A similar description
was given of the raipist who attacked a 17-year-oid feirl June 2.
Johnson said the 13-year-old
girl was "hysterical" this morning and was hospitalized for examination.

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Walnul^ Cre^
said yesterday they
are certain one rapist is responsible for attacks
yesterday and June 2 in the same neighborhood,
but they are not certain their suspect is the East
Area Rapist.
A special task force of investigators is studying the evidence in the cases because there are
sijcnilarities between the two rapes and those bellft^ved to be the work of the East Area Rapist, a
suspect in dozens of Sacramento and Eastbay
since 1976.
But Lt. Gary Johnson said it is also possible
!^^^copy cat may have pulled off the last two."
>T Johnson said calls from alarmed city residetits began filtering in yesterday "and I expect
more. They're liable to begin getting hysterical in
tjje neighborhood where these two occurred."
v^'';' A 13-year-old was awakened, bound and
ifiiped early yesterday morning by a man armed
with a knife. Two blocks away in the Rancho San
Miguel housing tract —located near Heather
F^arms Park—a 17-year-old girl was raped June 2
by a knife-wielding man. Both victims gave similar descriptions of their attackers.
im Johnson said police do not know how the
rapist entered the house yesterday or how he selects his victims.
"I don't know if he observes who goes into
the house before attacking or how he does it, but
ti^, seems to know who's in there before he goes
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He said it is not known how long the rapist
was in the home of the latest victim, but estimateij he was there at least 45 minutes. The victim's
skter and parents were awakened by the 13-yearoliJ after the rapist left.
Johnson said the victim is "holding up quite
well, considering that she was traumatized."
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