Terrifying Moment ‘Demon Possessed’ Homeless Man Unzips His Pants and Pushes Against His Victim, But Wakes Up ‘LA DA Says It’s Not Attempted Rape Because the Assailant Didn’t Say He Was Going to Do That’

A Long Beach woman was shocked after she heard the homeless man, who appeared “demon-possessed,” unzipped his pants, grabbed her and began pushing her in broad daylight in a part of the city known as ‘The Beast’. has only been charged with a crime.

Rebekka Pedersen told it ABC Los Angeles in an interview, she was told that Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon’s office was unwilling to charge the suspect with attempted rape because the attack “didn’t say he was going to do that.”

A witness described the attacker as “drooling” before the attempted assault.

‘I can feel it here on my neck. He grabs my hips and pushes himself against me. I couldn’t get away, so I turned around very quickly and then pushed him to the ground,” Pedersen said in her description of the incident.

“It clearly means that the DA doesn’t have a daughter in the first place, or any concern for the protection and safety of women, because you literally have the video of him doing this,” she continued. .

After she passed him, the suspect began following her, unzipped his pants, grabbed her and pushed her to the ground

At that moment, a man sitting nearby sprang into action and sprayed pepper spray at the attacker, scaring him away

Suspect Miguel Avila, 30, was arrested shortly after the incident and booked on a charge of sexual assault, a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 bail. Attempted rape carries a maximum sentence of six years.

The horrific incident took place on October 20 outside a Village Market restaurant. Surveillance footage shows the suspect sitting on the ground as Pedersen walks by.

After she passes him, he rushes behind her, grabs her and throws her to the ground. A man sitting nearby springs into action and pepper-sprays the would-be attack, who then runs away.

Bravely, Pedersen has gone on camera to describe her ordeal in several interviews.

“At that point I had no idea (what was happening). My first thought was, “Is this someone I know playing a prank on me?” Then within a few seconds I thought, “Oh no. He’s not letting me go.” So I turned around really quickly and fell to the ground,” she said KTL.

“I’m just lucky it happened in daylight and not at night because then I probably would have been raped,” she added.

The man who pepper-sprayed the suspect, Dan McIntyre, gave a gruesome description of the attacker CBS Los Angeles He said the man was “drooling” before grabbing Pedersen.

“His tongue was just going in and out and he was just focused on who was right in front of him. He looked possessed. “If I ever saw a demon possession, that’s it,” he said.

The victim, Rebekah Pedersen, pictured here, has chosen to speak out about the attack and has called out the district attorney’s office because he is unwilling to file charges

One witness described the suspect as “drooling” and “demon-possessed” before the attack

Good Samaritan Dan McIntyre sprang into action when the attack began and chased Avila away

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon has come under heavy scrutiny for his liberal stance on violent crime

Meanwhile, witness Jason Greenleaf told KTLA, “It was horrific to watch. I mean, this neighborhood is out of control.”

Greenleaf went on to say that local police call the area where Pedersen was attacked “the beast.”

“They say they don’t have enough officers to patrol the area and tell us not to do anything. We are in a dire situation,” he added.

Another witness, a local hairstylist, said she often worries about women walking along the stretch and encourages them to carry a weapon or take self-defense classes.

Pedersen told ABC Los Angeles that she plans to get a gun permit and a Taser.

“I want that man in jail so he doesn’t actually rape someone,” she said.

The story attracted so much attention that Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson issued a video statement about the crime.

‘This incident is absolutely unacceptable. Every resident deserves to feel safe walking through our community,” the mayor said.

“The reality is that substance abuse and mental health challenges are impacting urban centers across our region. That is why I will ask for more attention to be paid to our downtown,” he added.

“If we don’t take care of downtown, we’re going to see this spread to all of our districts,” Vice Mayor Cindy Allen said, adding that the City Council is planning a series of actions to increase safety in the downtown area. Long beach.

Avila will make her first court appearance on Friday.

Since 2020, Long Beach has seen a 62 percent increase in the city’s homeless community. During the same period, property crime in the city center increased by 23 percent.

In 2022, the city had to shutter its city library for a time due to staff safety concerns, The Long Beach Post reports.