DNA Leads To Man's Arrest In Violent Diamond Bar Sexual Assault

Los Angeles CA

12 January, 2021

2:59 PM

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By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles January 12, 2021 DIAMOND BAR (CBSLA) – A 37-year-old man suspected of attacking and sexually assaulting a woman at knifepoint in Diamond Bar last month has been arrested after he was identified using DNA evidence. Joel Martinez was arrested Jan. 6 at his Eastvale home on one count each of kidnapping with the intent to commit rape, forcible oral copulation and attempted forcible rape. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, in the early morning hours of Dec. 8, a woman was walking to work in the area of Brea Canyon Road and Sapphire Lane when she was approached by a man who asked to borrow her cell phone. Read more at CBS Los Angeles