San
Francisco Police provided this sketch of a suspect in
the attempted sexual assault of a woman on 23rd Street
at 2:40 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 6. See Letters for a
detailed description circulated by the
victim. Sketch courtesy SFPD
Two men involved in separate but highly
publicized crimes last
year are in prison today. However, a man who attacked a woman
on 23rd Street in
early January remained the focus of an intense police search.
Frederick Dozier Jr., 33, is in the state
penitentiary serving a
sentence of 373 years to life on 25 felony counts, including
attempted rape,
kidnapping, and forced oral copulation.
The former cafeteria worker at James Lick Middle
School was
convicted after a two-week trial and sentenced Dec. 14 for the
vicious sexual
assault of a woman near Fair Oaks and 24th streets. The
attack, which occurred
Dec. 8, 2011, was the third such assault in six months along
24th Street from
Fair Oaks to Potrero Avenue. Dozier was found guilty in all
three cases.
Copper Thief Locked Up
Former 24th Street resident Dennis McGuire has
started serving a
three-year prison sentence for violating probation on a
conviction of stealing
valuable copper wire from Muni and a San Francisco business.
McGuire, 53, last year was given a five-year
suspended sentence
and three years of probation for the thefts. Prosecutors said
he violated his
probation by pinching water from a neighbor’s home because his
own water
utility had been shut off. A judge in December revoked the
probation.
Neighbors had complained that McGuire’s home at
4267 24th St.,
which he sold in September for $1.3 million, had long been the
scene of shady
characters and loud disturbances.
Hunt for 23rd Street Attacker
Though Dozier was off the streets, police last
month were
searching for a man who attacked a 31-year-old woman near 23rd
and Guerrero
streets, slamming her head into the sidewalk and attempting to
rape her.
The woman, who described the early a.m. Jan. 6
assault in an email
warning to neighborhood residents (see this month’s
Letters),
fought her attacker while yelling for help. Her screams
alerted nearby
residents, and the attacker fled.
“I’m incredibly lucky that I had the strength to
keep him from
delivering a knockout blow and to fight for so long until
someone came to
help,” the woman wrote. “I’m walking away from this with a
bruised eye,
scratches on my face, road rash on my shoulder, and
sore/bruised back,
shoulders, jaw, and ribs. It could have been significantly
worse.”
Police described the suspect as an Asian or
Hispanic male about 25
years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 160 pounds, with a
buzz haircut and
slight beard growth. He was wearing a dark, hooded shirt and
dark pants.
Anyone with information is urged to contact San
Francisco Police
at 415-575-4444 (anonymous tip line) or text a tip to TIP411
with “SFPD” typed
at the beginning of the message.
