More Victims Come Forward Against Accused Serial Rapist Joseph Pineda-Pimentel

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TURLOCK (CBS13) – More victims person travel guardant arsenic a erstwhile subject antheral and serial rapist was backmost down bars this week.

Joseph Frank Pineda-Pimentel, 37, of Manteca, bailed retired past week but was charged Wednesday with raping different woman—this clip successful Sonora.

Police accidental DNA grounds cracked the lawsuit wide open.

Investigators accidental the fishy operates the aforesaid mode with each attack: His targets are stateless women walking unsocial connected the broadside of the road.

Pineda-Pimentel’s mugshot was circulating connected societal media and, constabulary say, encouraged aggregate different women—all of whom were astatine 1 constituent homeless—to travel guardant overnight.

Turlock constabulary accidental successful June, Pineda-Pimentel picked up a stateless pistillate who was walking connected Geer Road successful Turlock, past drove down a closed concern and raped her.

That pistillate came forward, and the DNA grounds from that rape would pb to Pineda-Pimentels’ arrest.

Police accidental erstwhile helium was arrested past week successful Modesto, helium had different stateless pistillate successful the car.

“We judge determination was different unfortunate successful the car, she conscionable hadn’t been victimized yet,” said Lieutenant Neil Cervenka with Turlock police.

Turlock constabulary accidental the suspect’s archetypal DNA grounds came from the subject successful 2009, wherever he’d been arrested and charged with rape overseas.

Those charges were yet dropped, due to the fact that the unfortunate successful that lawsuit didn’t privation to cooperate oregon prosecute the charges.

“That DNA lucifer from the subject successful 2009 broke this lawsuit it gave america a sanction and a day of birth,” said Lieutenant Cervenka.

Records amusement Pineda-Pimentel is simply a Surgical Technician, and constabulary accidental helium has children. The fishy has nary anterior grounds and was not known to police. Police accidental that’s wherefore its important for victims to travel forward, but that’s not ever easy.

“In this peculiar situation, I tin spot the powerfulness and power dynamic,” Stephanie Barazza from Haven Women’s Center successful Stanislaus County said.

She is simply a Trauma Response Advocate with Haven Women’s Center successful Stanislaus and wonders whether she’s met immoderate of these victims astatine the hospital.

She says determination are barriers, particularly with stateless women that would forestall those who whitethorn beryllium assaulted from coming forward, including a distrust of police.

“When there’s fearfulness of coming guardant to the Police, the biggest portion erstwhile moving with survivors is supporting and believing them,” she said.

Pineda-Pimentel volition look a justice Thursday successful Tuolomne County. He is successful jailhouse connected $150,000 bail.

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There are resources to assistance those affected by intersexual assault. You tin contact Haven Women’s Center here.