By Bay City News.
A 22-year-old Daly City man was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and extortion in San Mateo for allegedly brandishing a firearm and forcing a woman to perform sexual acts after threatening to post nude photos of her online. social, police said Friday.
Rodrigo Soto Palacios was arrested Thursday in San Francisco after the victim initially reported Tuesday the alleged crimes that took place on Aug. 28, according to San Mateo police.
The victim said she met Soto more than a year ago and he threatened to post nude photos of her if she did not comply with his demands. She then met him in San Mateo on August 28 and Soto, while armed, allegedly forced her to perform sexual acts, threatened her life and that of her family and demanded money, police said.
Investigators obtained a search warrant and found a gun with no serial number in the glove compartment of a vehicle Soto was driving.
Soto was arrested Thursday in San Francisco without incident, according to police.
He was booked into the San Mateo County Jail on suspicion of rape, oral copulation by force or fear, extortion, false imprisonment, criminal threats, possession of a stolen vehicle, stalking, carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle, carrying a firearm. fire charged in public and other crimes, the authorities stated.
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