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October 22, 2013 (El Cajon) – A passerby who witnessed a woman being abducted at knifepoint in the Grossmont College parking lot today scared off the assailant by honking his horn. Sheriff’s deputies located and arrested the suspect, Anthony Washington.
“Washington later confessed he was going to rape the student and do whatever he had to in order to get his way,” said Sergeant Vic Perry.
At 11:17 a.m. a student was getting into her vehicle in the parking garage when the suspect allegedly accosted her from behind. According to Sgt. Perry, the suspect placed a knife to the student’s neck and pushed her into her car as he told her to move over to the passenger seat.
A passerby saw the assault and honked is horn until he scared the suspect away. Grossmont/Cuyamaca Community College District Sheriff’s Deputies searched the campus; Detective Santiesteban detained Washington, who matched the description of the suspect and was later positively identified, Perry said.
Washington, who is not a student, was booked into county jail for related charges. The victim was not injured.
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