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yellowreef · 07-02-2009, 11:33 PM

First the victim fights him, then chases him along with a neighbor, then encounters not one, but two off-duty Border Patrol Agents... Not a good day for this rapist.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/loca...st-Police.html

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Good Samaritan Helps Catch Serial Attack SuspectThe man terrorizing and sexually assaulting women throughout San Diego may be in custody
By H. HUGHES and TONY SHIN

Updated 8:53 AM PDT, Thu, Jul 2, 2009

A suspect in custody for a home invasion robbery and violent attack on a young woman Wednesday afternoon is in custody and may be the same suspect sought in a yearlong series of attacks dating back to June 2008, according to San Diego police.

A man arrested in Mission Valley Wednesday afternoon may be connected to a string of sexual assaults dating back to May 2008.

The arrest took place around 1:30 p.m. in Mission Valley.

A woman had just returned home from shopping and was in her garage when the suspect, identified later by police as 39-year-old Thomas Parker, grabbed her from behind and threatened her with a knife, according to San Diego Police captain Jim Collins. Parker started to close the garage door when the woman began to fight back.

Neighbor Marlene Borchard spoke to the victim after the attack.

"He put her hands behind her back and was starting to tie her up, and pulled a knife around her neck, and started shutting the garage door," Borchard said. "That's when she got crazy. As she was fighting him off, she hit the garage door button. It came back up -- she was screaming and yelling."

Vince Sparks heard the screams and looked out his kitchen window.

"I saw the [suspect] running out of the garage, and I saw her running behind him, bleeding from her forehead," Sparks said

Sparks told his fiance to call 911 and began chasing the suspect on foot through the Escala Condominium Complex.

Police said Parker ran out of the complex, but the victim, who's also a marathon runner, continued to chase him. As the suspect tried to cross Fenton Parkway and Friars Road, an off-duty Border Patrol Agent saw the suspect running and chased him down. A second off-duty Border Patrol Agent saw the incident and helped until police officers arrived.

Sparks, who was with the victim and another neighbor, helped corner Parker.

"The Border Patrolman pulled out his weapon and showed his badge," said Sparks.

Sparks said Parker gave up without incident. He also said Parker was carrying a small bag.

"He did have duct tape, zip ties and gloves for his hands," Sparks said

The woman was slightly injured during the assault but didn't require immediate medical attention, said police.

Parker, who lives in the Tierrasanta area, will be booked into the county jail on charges of burglary, robbery, assault with intent to commit rape and false imprisonment.

Additional charges may be added based on the results of DNA testing. This attack has similarities to other recent attacks, and police believe this is the same suspect in those attacks. In the other incidents, the suspect entered through the garage and attacked the victim from behind with a knife and sexually assaulted them, according to San Diego police.

But in those attacks, all the victims are Asian. Sparks said the victim in Wednesday's attack is white.

RoadKingTrooper · 07-03-2009, 12:18 AM

Sometimes you wonder what wonderful things might have happened to the suspect if not for the intervention of Law Enforcement. (sigh........serial rapists and pedophiles.......)

Spoken · 07-03-2009, 01:28 AM

How dare those Border Patrol officers violate this mans civil rights. They belong on the border and don't have jurisdiction anywhere else so they need to leave these people alone.

Kudos to the "victim," Kudos to the neighbor, and Kudos to the BP agents. Glad this POS was caught and hopefully gets a nice prison sentence to boot.

mtxpro752 · 07-03-2009, 01:35 AM

Good job by the victim for not going down without a fight, good job to the neighbor for actually helping someone in need of assistance and good job to the BP Agents for jumping in when off duty, dedication to service.

I hope they put the guy in gen pop and tell everyone he's a rapist.

willowdared · 07-03-2009, 02:13 AM

Thank you BP.

As this guy's story continues to come out, it's reminding me of the guy last year who went on a rape rampage last year before offing himself in El Cajon.

There was another case in Houston years ago...serial rapist who turned out to be a "respectable family man."

Brava to his latest target....you are a heroine.

SDBP619 · 07-03-2009, 05:09 AM

It was only one agent...left his wife in the car. Just had to get it right. Two bp agents for one suspect puh lease

1970k10 · 07-03-2009, 06:41 AM

Perfect example of why the Liberal opinion to just give the criminal what he wants is bull, fight back and preferably bring weapons.

cgh6366 · 07-03-2009, 07:09 AM

Who gives a crap if a serial rapist has a good day?

As far as I'm concened the crappier his day is, the better ours is.

Sorry, just didn't like your thread title - kind of minimizes serial rapists for me.

Ex Army MP · 07-03-2009, 08:46 AM

There was this local guy who they found naked in a bath tub full of Cap N Crunch.

They charged him as a cereal rapist.

ISPY4U2 · 07-03-2009, 09:54 AM

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Police said Parker ran out of the complex, but the victim, who's also a marathon runner, continued to chase him.

Bwahahahahahahaha!!! Moron. You KNOW she would have eventually caught this sick-o and probably could have kicked his butt.

Kudos to ALL involved in stopping him.

Spoken · 07-03-2009, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Ex Army MP

There was this local guy who they found naked in a bath tub full of Cap N Crunch.

They charged him as a cereal rapist.

City Cop DC?

mobtown · 07-03-2009, 02:50 PM

The suspect killed himself while in jail.
http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/new...vasion_se.html

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A 39-year-old coffee-shop owner accused in a series of San Diego home-invasion robberies and sexual assaults committed suicide in the downtown jail early Friday.

Thomas James Parker of Tierrasanta was found dead in his jail cell Friday morning, sources confirmed.

Parker was arrested Wednesday after a 33-year-old Mission Valley woman fought off an attack in her garage and chased him down the street. She flagged down others driving nearby and an off-duty Border Patrol agent stopped at a traffic light joined in the chase and arrested Parker.

Police on Thursday said Parker was linked through DNA and other evidence to a series of similar home-invasion robberies and sexual assaults over the past year. He was expected to be arraigned Monday on charges in connection with seven assaults, six of which targeted Asian women, police said.

Parker had been held in jail on $5 million bail.

Parker owned It's a Grind Coffee House in Little Italy and was married and has two young children.

Another story with a little more detail, http://www.10news.com/news/19940131/detail.html

Fuzz · 07-03-2009, 03:05 PM

No loss...... I do feel sorry for the kids though. Hopefully they are young enough they will never know what a POS he was.

silasblack · 07-03-2009, 03:33 PM

Way to save the taxpayers some money in this recession

willowdared · 07-03-2009, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ISPY4U2

Bwahahahahahahaha!!! Moron. You KNOW she would have eventually caught this sick-o and probably could have kicked his butt.

Kudos to ALL involved in stopping him.

She wasn't trying to catch him herself, just keep him in site.

I saw there was a suicide at the jail, now I know who....poor kids...they lose all around.

Spoken · 07-03-2009, 06:08 PM

Oh shucks......I'm gonna shed a tear over this one....NOT!

Good luck to the wife and kids and hopefully they can pull through this and put it behind them.

reils49 · 07-03-2009, 07:30 PM

I love happy endings like this.

School Cop · 07-04-2009, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by willowdared

She wasn't trying to catch him herself, just keep him in site.

I saw there was a suicide at the jail, now I know who....poor kids...they lose all around.

Hardly ever disagree with you, Willow, but this rapists' kids definitely did NOT lose out by their father's suicide. They will be sad, sure, and messed up, but nowhere NEAR as messed up as they would have been had this POS raised them.

willowdared · 07-04-2009, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by School Cop

Hardly ever disagree with you, Willow, but this rapists' kids definitely did NOT lose out by their father's suicide. They will be sad, sure, and messed up, but nowhere NEAR as messed up as they would have been had this POS raised them.

They lose in the sense that children of suicides have something like a 70% increase in risk for suicide themselves.