Quick work and collaboration by our
Detectives and our in-house Probation Officer led to the identification and
arrest of our suspect. Allow us to introduce....
Jose Juan Solorzano – (18yrs Santa Cruz resident)
Mr. Solorzano has a nasty habit of attacking women on the streets of Santa Cruz. Being that he is only 18 years old is of particular concern to us.
Mr. Solorzano was arrested about 13-1/2 hours after a sexually motivated attack at Bay and Seaside Streets. He attacked a woman who was alone, talking on her cell phone on the corner of Bay St and Seaside St.
On Thursday night March 6th at
approximately 11:00 PM, Mr. Solorzano attacked a lone female at the corner of
Bay and Seaside. The victim was standing
on the corner talking on her cell phone when Mr. Solorzano approached and attacked her. The victim was able to fight off Mr. Solorzano
after he forcefully grabbed and fondled her.
Our suspect fled the scene and the
victim ran home where she relayed the story to her roommates and called 9-1-1.
The victim is an amazing 20 year old
female. Not only was she brave and
courageous during the attack, but she did an excellent job working with our
Detectives and sketch artist to give a great description of the suspect and
events.
Here's the sketch she produced with our artist:
Detectives worked throughout the
night with the victim and a sketch artist.
In the morning, a Probation Officer working in-house at the Santa Cruz
Police Department viewed the sketch and recognized a possible suspect. Detectives continued to follow up on the lead
and successfully identified the suspect as Mr. Solorzano.
Mr. Solorzano was located and
arrested by Detectives in the 300 block of Swift Street at approximately 12:30 on
Friday March 7th.
Detectives also served a search
warrant and collected evidence at the suspect’s home on Grandview Street. During questioning by Detectives, Mr. Solorzano
admitted to this attack as well as others that occurred on the West side of
Santa Cruz in April 2013. In those cases, Mr. Solorzano attacked female joggers near Western Drive & Beachview and Escalona Dr. & Olive St.
We couldn't release the information sooner, because we still had work to do on the cases from April.
Today, March 11th, Detectives
completed follow up on those cases and we expect Mr. Solorzano to be charged
with those two attacks as well.
Mr. Solorzano was booked into Santa
Cruz County Jail on multiple charges related to the attack.
