Sexual Assault Victim Met Suspect In Pleasanton Restaurant: Police

FREMONT, CA — Fremont Police are asking the public for help in a sexual assault case. The suspect, 38-year-old Jaime Agront of Hayward, has been arrested. The sexual assault is believed to have occurred in Fremont on June 2.

Fremont Police said a woman met the suspect at a restaurant in Pleasanton during the evening of June 2, 2017. According to police, "The suspect offered a ride to the victim and she accepted. The suspect told her he would take her home, but that he first needed to make a job-related stop at a residence in Fremont. They went to the address in Fremont and then from there, the suspect drove the victim to an unknown location a short distance away. At that location, the suspect locked the doors; pistol whipped and sexually assaulted the victim."

Following the assault, police say the victim was driven to Hayward where she was let out of the vehicle. She immediately contacted Hayward Police.

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The victim gave officers enough information to launch an investigation. Detectives located surveillance video that led them to Agront. He was already a suspect in a similar case from 2015. Agront was arrested on June 25.

Fremont Police ask that anyone with information about Agront contact Detective A. Holguin at Aholguin@fremont.gov or call 510-790-6900. are not ruling out the possibility of more victims.

By Bea Karnes (Patch Staff)
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