A 24-year-old man is accused of hiding in a ladies’s lavatory stall on the Museum of Science and assaulting a 15-year-old lady from behind, in line with the Suffolk DA’s Workplace.
The Somerville man, Yandri Hernandez, is being held with out bail pending a dangerousness listening to after the alleged assault within the Museum of Science lavatory.
Hernandez has been charged with kidnapping of a kid, strangulation or suffocation, and assault and battery.
Massachusetts State Police responded to the Museum of Science for an assault in a toilet on Sunday at round 12:41 p.m.
The sufferer, a 15-year-old lady, reported being on the Museum of Science together with her pal when she entered the toilet on the primary degree as her pal waited exterior.
The lady informed police that when she left the toilet stall to clean her fingers, she felt a hand come round her face and canopy her month. Initially she thought it was her pal however noticed a person, later recognized as Hernandez, behind her.
The lady stated Hernandez didn’t communicate, however tried to restrain her. The lady was in a position to scream and rapidly ran out of the toilet. Hernandez walked out of the toilet instantly after the lady and left the scene.
A witness within the lavatory informed police she seen the primary and final stalls occupied. When the witness entered her stall, she seen black-and-white sneakers in an adjoining stall that seemed to be “abnormal in size for a female.”
The witness heard one occupant exit the stall adopted by the opposite occupant. The witness then heard muffled screaming and a few type of bodily altercation. Each events had been gone when the witness exited the stall.
Video footage reveals a person coming into the museum at 10:58 a.m. carrying all-black clothes with black-and-white sneakers. The person is seen sitting in a foyer close to the toilet for about one hour earlier than coming into the toilet. State Police investigators disseminated nonetheless photographs of the person to native police departments.
On Monday, State Police acquired a cellphone name from Cambridge Police, who had been in a position to establish the person as Hernandez from a definite tattoo on his left forearm.
Hernandez was noticed in Somerville the next day and positioned into custody with out incident by State Police.
“This is a terrifying incident for anyone, particularly for a teenager simply enjoying an outing with a friend at a popular destination,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden stated in an announcement. “This young woman’s description of her attacker, along with top-notch identification work based on the images disseminated by investigators, led to the defendant being spotted and arrested just days after the incident.”
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