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Redwood City Student Arrested on Suspicion of Trying to Rape School Employee
By Joshua Melvin
jmelvin@bayareanewsgroup.com
1/24/2012 05:20:50 p.m. PST
Updated on 1/25/2012, at 11:22:00 a.m. PST
San Mateo County Times

Police have arrested a student who investigators say tried to sexually assault a school employee Monday night in the underground parking garage at Summit Preparatory Charter High School in Redwood City.

David Velasquez, 19, was arrested after brandishing a knife at a 29-year-old San Francisco woman and forcing her toward her car about 6:05 p.m., police said. Investigators declined to say what she does at the school, but identified Velasquez as a student there.

When the woman resisted, the attacker forced her to the ground, inflicting minor injuries, police said. The assault was interrupted by another Summit employee who came upon the scene and began yelling. Police say the suspect then ran away.

During the investigation, Redwood City police identified Velasquez as a suspect, but didn't say what led to [sic] them to him. He was arrested at 7 p.m. in his Redwood City home. Investigators believed, based on the actions of the suspect, that the motive for the attack was rape.

Summit Executive Director Todd Dickson said the school is waiting until it gets more information from police before deciding what action to take against Velasquez. [N.S.: Presumptuous fool! This is a major felony, now. It’s way over your head. Action will be taken by the police and criminal justice authorities, not by you.] Dickson, the head of the 420-student charter school founded in 2003, declined to release any information about the student.

The school planned to contact students' families and employees Tuesday afternoon about the assault.

"We'll take every precaution to make sure our community is safe and secure," Dickson said. [Like what? This is just more nonsense from someone seeking to depict himself as an actor in a situation in which he is a mere spectator.]

Contact Joshua Melvin at 650-348-4335.

[Thanks to reader-researcher RC for this story.]