Man Arrested In Violent CSUN Campus Sexual Assaults

SAN FERNANDO, CA — Prosecutors charged a 26-year-old man Friday in a series of violent sexual assaults at Cal State Northridge.

Authorities allege Peter Wei, 26, of Northridge, attacked two women in incidents a day apart this week on campus. Wei faces was to be arraigned Friday on two felony counts of assault to commit a felony, including rape, sodomy or oral copulation, and one misdemeanor count each of battery and resisting, delaying or obstructing a peace officer, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. A defense attorney declared a doubt about the Northridge man's mental competency, according to Paul Eakins of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

The first attacked happened Tuesday near a campus parking lot. Another attack happened the following day, according to authorities.

Wei was taken into custody Wednesday by Cal State Northridge police. He's being held on $100,000 bail. Prosecutors are asking his bail be increased to $1 million.

Wei could face a maximum sentence of almost 13 years and six months in state prison if convicted as charged, according to the District Attorney's Office.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.