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New Orleans, La. - Two sexual assaults over the weekend and an attempted rape last weekend in New Orleans have police on the hunt for the attackers. All three unrelated cases involve some unusual circumstances.
Saturday around 4:30 morning, police say a black male entered a home through a window in the 2600 block of Marais Street. A woman was sexually assaulted in her home. According to police, the attacker took off when the 26-year-old victim began choking him.
A second weekend case happened around 1:30 Sunday morning. Police say an attacker struck near the intersection of St. Charles and Canal. According to police a woman was walking to her vehicle when a man approached and put a gun to her head. He forced her inside a black SUV and raped her. The 23-year-old victim tells police the man is in his 40's. He has a tattoo on his right hand and unmistakable facial hair, a goatee with gray braids.
In a case from Sunday, June 24, the NOPD has named a suspect in an attempted rape. The rape happened at 2:30 in the afternoon. According to police, a 34-year-old woman met a man on Frenchmen Street. The next thing she recalled was being inside a home in the 600 block of Independence with a man trying to force her onto a bed. The woman told police the man left the scene in a red two-door pick-up truck. According to police, she identified 23-year-old Alex Mendes as her attacker. He is 5'5" and 175 pounds.
If you have any information on any of these cases, call Crimestoppers at 822-1111.
