Woman In Shower Attacked By Masturbating, Homeless Man: Cops

SANTA ROSA, CA – A woman was attacked in her home over the weekend in Santa Rosa by a 22-year-old transient, who allegedly entered the apartment through a window and began masturbating in her bathroom as she showered, according to authorities.

The female was in the shower at 10:35 p.m. Saturday in her residence on the 900 block of Sonoma Avenue when "she sensed someone was in the bathroom," pulled back the shower curtain and saw the male stranger masturbating, the Santa Rosa Police Department said.

The victim yelled for him leave and pushed the suspect, later identified as Paul Allen Turpin a homeless man from Santa Rosa, police said. The male reportedly pushed back, pinning the woman against the wall of the shower. She again yelled for him to leave, and he fled the apartment, the agency said.

Based on the description given, police knew the suspect from prior contact and the victim confirmed his identity from a photograph, officials said. After an all-night search, Turpin was found in his vehicle at 9:50 a.m. Sunday morning in Doyle Park.

Police believe he entered the woman's ground-floor unit through a closed but unlocked window, the department said.

Turpin reportedly made "some admissions" about the crime to a detective, and he was arrested and booked for suspicion of burglary, false imprisonment, assault to commit rape and felony indecent exposure.

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