A man accused in a string of sex assaults, including one attempt where he allegedly told the victim, "I want to make you mine," has been arrested, the Los Angeles Police Department said Wednesday.
The arrest comes a day after a $35,000 reward was offered for information leading up to the arrest of the accused sex predator who was involved in several incidents around Los Angeles and was caught on surveillance video twice breaking into two apartments.
Though no immediate details on the arrest were released, LAPD said a news conference would be held Thursday afternoon to reveal more in the case.
The predator was believed to be involved in several incidents in the Echo Park, downtown Los Angeles, East Hollywood and Silver Lake/Sunset areas.
Surveillance footage was released Aug. 5 in the hunt for the accused sex predator after one victim said he told her: "You're pretty. I want to make you mine," before grabbing her.
The Los Angeles Police Department was searching for the man caught on camera twice in two different apartment buildings.
Police accused him of going into the victim's homes and attacking them in the East Hollywood and Historic Filipinotown areas.
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The first victim left her front door open in the 800 block of N. Mariposa Avenue so she could go to the laundry room just after noon. The man can be seen using his shirt to open the door, presumably to not leave behind fingerprints.
That's when a man went inside and waited behind a door for her to return, the LAPD said.
Once the woman came back inside, the man pushed her up against the wall and assaulted her, police said.
In the second attack, the woman was in her bedroom in the 1600 block of Cortez Street. She had left her door unlocked, and the man went inside.
When she heard her dogs barking, she went to the door to find the man standing in her apartment.
The man was accused of saying, "You're pretty. I want to make you mine," before putting his hand in her shirt and pulled her against a couch, the victim told police.
When the woman's dog bit at the man, he ran, police said.
The man accused in the attacks was captured on surveillance images wearing a distinct green shirt with a depiction of the Virgin Mary.
