Agents of Redwood City Police Department A 21-year-old man named Cristian Josué CanelSian was arrested on various charges of robbery and sexual assault after having been investigated since January of this year, when the perpetrator began a series of crimes in the same city, of which he is also a resident.
Since January 2023, the Redwood City Police Department's Investigations Unit has investigated three robberies involving female residents who encountered an unknown, uninvited man either entering or inside their home.
On two occasions, authorities said, the man broke into homes while the female victims were sleeping in bed, including one instance in which the victim woke up when the man touched her inappropriately.
In all of these events, the man left when confronted and was able to flee the scene before police arrived.
Descriptions of the man were generally similar across all three events, but his identity was unknown and evidence recovered at the scene did not result in a positive identification of the suspect.
On March 19, 2023, at approximately 2:20 a.m., Redwood City Police responded to a residential burglary in progress involving a male who entered the female victim's home and inappropriately touched her while she was sleeping. When the victim confronted the suspect, he barricaded himself in the bathroom but escaped through an exterior window before police arrived.
A search of the surrounding area resulted in surveillance video that helped identify the suspect and provided enough information to connect him to three previous incidents of similar activity. Most of these crimes took place in the 1200-1300 block of Ebener.
The suspect broke into the victims' homes at night to commit his crimes.
It is worth noting that a total of five robberies believed to have been committed by the same suspect since early January 2023 are being investigated.
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