Serial Millbrae intercourse assault suspect will stand trial
(KRON) — A person who’s accused of preying on half a dozen girls alongside strolling trails in Millbrae and San Bruno will stand trial, a San Mateo County decide dominated this week.
Jaime Mogollan, 40, of San Bruno, stays behind bars in lieu of $300,000 bail. A preliminary listening to for Mogollan concluded on Wednesday after prosecutors offered proof of sexual assaults that allegedly occurred this summer time.
Throughout one incident in August, a 29-year-old Millbrae lady was carrying headphones and strolling alongside Spur Path. Surveillance cameras positioned on the path’s entrance confirmed Mogollan following the lady for 3 blocks, prosecutors mentioned.
Mogollan “got here up behind her, pulled her pants down … and grabbed her buttocks. He then reached between her legs,” prosecutors wrote. The sufferer struggled to get away and fell to the bottom. The assailant fled from the realm on a mountain bicycle.
A number of days later, a 38-year-old lady was focused on Poplar Avenue, investigators mentioned. The girl was strolling along with her son when Mogollan groped her from behind, in accordance with the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Workplace. The assailant ran after the lady screamed.
The assailant was carrying a particular sweatshirt with a “Wall Road Journal” brand throughout a number of the intercourse assaults. Deputies later discovered and arrested Mogollan.
Investigators mentioned they linked him to at the very least six sexual battery incidents. Decide Rachel Holt ordered the defendant to return to court docket on October 25.