San Francisco Man "Well-Known" To Police Arrested In Sexual Assault Of Unconscious Woman

CBS Bay Area

October 8, 2026

A man was charged on Wednesday in connection with the sexual assault of an unconscious woman in San Francisco last month, authorities said.

The incident happened on Sept. 26 in the area of Bayshore Boulevard and Industrial Street in the city's Bayview District. The San Francisco District Attorney's Office said in a press release that the 21-year-old victim told police officers that she had been sexually assaulted by a man who was in a tent on a nearby hill. The woman told officers she had woken up to a man sexually assaulting her, and that she had been unconscious and had not given consent, the DA's Office said.

The woman left the tent, went down the hill, and found a witness who helped her call police. San Francisco Police Chief Derrick Lew said in a press conference on Wednesday that investigators identified the suspect as 36-year-old David Vonstetten, who he described as "a homeless individual who was well known to this department."

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