2:13 PM: Police have released the name of a man suspected of assaulting a young tourist in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf neighborhood early this morning.
The man has been identified as 18-year-old Christopher Dutel, a Southern California resident, according to police.
Police received word around 2:30 a.m. that a juvenile girl, a tourist from out of the country, had gone missing from the group she was with, police Sgt. Daryl Fong said.
He said the girl had “voluntarily separated” from the group earlier in the evening.
Officers searched the area and found the girl in the 400 block of North Point Street around 3:45 a.m., Fong said. She was with the suspect, who was taken into custody on suspicion of assault.
The girl and the suspect were taken separately to a hospital to be treated for injuries that are not considered life-threatening, Fong said.
Fong initially said the nature of the attack was still under investigation, but police said this afternoon they have determined the girl was sexually assaulted.
Fong did not have information about the group the girl was with or the circumstances of her disappearance.
Dutel has been booked into jail on suspicion of sexual assault and false imprisonment, police said.
11:59 AM: Police have arrested a man suspected of assaulting a girl in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf neighborhood early this morning, a police spokesman said.
Police received word around 2:30 a.m. that the juvenile girl had gone missing from the group she was with, police Sgt. Daryl Fong said. He said the girl had “voluntarily separated” from the group earlier in the evening.
Officers searched the area and found the missing juvenile in the 400 block of North Point Street around 3:45 a.m., Fong said. She was with the suspect, who was taken into custody on suspicion of assault.
Fong said the nature of the assault remains under investigation.
The girl and the suspect were taken separately to a hospital to be treated for injuries that are not considered life-threatening, Fong said.
Fong did not have information about the group the girl was with or the circumstances of her disappearance.
He said police will likely release the suspect’s name later today.
6:32 AM: Police are investigating a suspected assault that occurred early this morning near San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf.
Around 2:30 a.m. officers responded to a report of a missing person. Officers searching the area found a victim and suspect in the 400 block of North Point Street, which is between Mason and Taylor, police said.
The suspect was taken into custody on suspicion of assault, according to police.
Police did not have information about any injuries from the attack.
According to KRON4, the victim was a juvenile female who had “somehow gotten separated from her group,” and KCBS reports that “the victim appeared to be a tourist who became separated from the group she was traveling with.”
KRON4 reports that she was “rushed to the hospital to be treated for her injuries,” which police believe are not life threatening.
Eve Batey contributed to this report by Sasha Lekach of Bay City News
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