RICHMOND — A San Pablo man is dealing with prices that he kidnapped two ladies and held a 3rd in opposition to her will over the course of a month, alleged crimes that have been investigated after one girl reported being kidnapped at gunpoint and sexually assaulted over two days.
Jorge Rodas, 42, faces two counts of kidnapping, three counts of rape, a number of counts of forcible oral copulation, in addition to theft, false imprisonment and battery prices, court docket data present. Subsequent week, he's set to go earlier than a superior court docket decide for a preliminary listening to, the place prosecutors will current proof and attempt to persuade a decide to order Rodas to face trial.
The investigation began final August, when a lady — recognized in court docket information solely as Jane Doe 1 — reported that Rodas confirmed as much as the homeless encampment the place she lived, gun in hand, and compelled her into his Ford pickup truck. She reported that over the following two days, Rodas raped and sexually assaulted her a number of instances, force-fed her methamphetamine, and took her to a Dwelling Depot in Vallejo the place he compelled her to steal gadgets on his behalf, court docket data present.
The girl stated she knew Rodas solely as “Rigo” however recognized him from a photograph lineup, in response to police. She didn’t file a report with police till Aug. 12, every week after she stated Rodas let her go.
However every week after that, at round 10 p.m. on Aug. 20, a second girl got here ahead in a notable manner: she flagged down a passing motorist on twenty fourth Avenue in Richmond, and requested for a journey to the San Pablo Police Division. As soon as there, she informed investigators she was a intercourse employee who’d been kidnapped by a person earlier that night, who she knew as “Rico.”
The person negotiated a $100 payment for a “date” together with her, however after that they had intercourse, he turned indignant and used a stun gun on her when she tried to get out of the truck. The attacker then sure her with plastic tie downs and saved her within the backseat, however she was in a position to leap from the shifting automotive and run, leaving her purse and cellphone behind, she informed authorities.
Police reviewed license plate readers within the space and located that Rodas’ truck had handed by means of an intersection she described the attacker’s pickup truck passing by means of, police stated in court docket data.
Later that night, a second girl got here ahead and reported that Rodas had picked her up close to twenty eighth Avenue and Gaynor Avenue, and sexually assaulted her “whereas tasing her and pointing a handgun at her,” investigators wrote in court docket filings. Rodas allegedly took her clothes, purse, and cellphones earlier than kicking her out of his truck.
Rodas stays in custody in lieu of $50,000 bail, in response to jail data.