An Amazon delivery driver has been arrested and charged with
sexually assaulting a woman and a girl while he was delivering packages in the
Los Angeles area, according to the Glendale Police Department.
The driver, Los Angeles resident Fernando Barreto-Hernandez,
24, was identified on Wednesday as a suspect in the attacks, according to KTLA.
One of the alleged assaults took place in late January when
the delivery driver approached a woman walking in the L.A. suburb of Glendale
and sexually assaulted her, police reported.
Barreto-Hernandez was arrested three days later on unrelated
charges stemming from an incident that had occurred in Los Angeles last
December.
In that incident, Barreto-Hernandez was accused of sexually
assaulting an underage girl while he was delivering packages.
He appeared in court last month for the first alleged
assault, and was charged with the Glendale assault following the hearing.
The LA County District Attorney's Office has filed both
felony and misdemeanor charges against Barreto-Hernandez for both alleged
attacks. Barreto-Hernandez was later released after he posted bond. He has
pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The driver has worked for several companies running
deliveries, including Amazon, Amazon Flex, and FedEx, according to police.
Detectives believe there may be more victims, and have asked
anyone else who may have been assaulted by the suspect to come forward.
“Barreto-Hernandez has worked for multiple delivery
companies,” the city said in a statement. “Anyone with information related to
the identification of additional victims is urged to contact detectives from
the Glendale Police Department’s Assaults Unit.”
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