Rape and other charges were filed Tuesday against a Los Angeles man who allegedly broke into a Maywood woman’s apartment and sexually assaulted her.
Salvador Martinez, 28, was ordered to be held in lieu of $4.15 million bail while awaiting arraignment Dec. 19 on three counts of forcible rape and one count each of forcible oral copulation, first-degree residential burglary and dissuading a witness from reporting a crime.
The criminal complaint includes the allegation that the forcible sex crimes were committed during the course of a Nov. 13 residential burglary at the 36-year-old victim’s apartment.
The woman — who was home alone — was attacked between midnight and 4 a.m. that day in the 3600 block of Maywood Avenue, according to Sgt. Betty Lascano of the Sheriff’s Special Victims Bureau.
Martinez was arrested about 3:30 p.m. last Friday near Fresno, then transported back to Los Angeles County.
If convicted as charged, Martinez could face up to 106 years to life in state prison, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
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–City News Service