A Mission District resident has been ordered to
stand trial in
connection with the brutal rapes of three women, one on a dark
Noe Valley
street last December.
The suspect, Frederick Dozier Jr., 32, faces 24
felony counts,
including attempted murder, robbery, kidnapping, and sexual
assault. A trial
date has not been scheduled.
“Today, we are one step closer in keeping this
violent predator
off of our streets for the rest of his life,” District
Attorney George Gascon
said following Dozier’s May 14 preliminary hearing.
Dozier, who is being held without bail, was
arrested Jan. 6, a
month after a woman in her early 30s was raped and severely
beaten while
walking on Fair Oaks Street near 24th Street. The attack,
which occurred around
6 a.m. on Dec. 18, followed two other early-morning assaults
along the 24th
Street corridor.
In the earliest incident, Dozier allegedly raped
and robbed a
woman at 2:50 a.m. on June 17 in the vicinity of 24th Street
and South Van Ness
Avenue. The second victim was beaten, robbed, and raped Nov.
18 at 4 a.m. near
24th Street and Potrero Avenue.
Following an anonymous tip, San Francisco police
arrested Dozier
near his home at the Bernal Dwellings apartment complex at
Cesar Chavez Street
and Treat Avenue.
The attacks alarmed and galvanized the
neighborhood. Community
members sent out email alerts, posted fliers, and organized
safety meetings at
St. James Church and Upper Noe Recreation Center.
The Fair Oaks Community Coalition launched a
Survivors Fund to
benefit the victims, which eventually raised $15,900. Fair
Oaks Coalition
member Blair Moser delivered the final checks last month to
the district
attorney’s office. The money will be divided equally among the
three survivors.
—Corrie M. Anders
David Latterman on the Presidential Race
Political analyst David
Latterman will address the Noe Valley Democratic Club at 7:30
p.m. Wednesday,
June 20, at St. Philip’s Church, 725 Diamond St., between
Elizabeth and 24th
streets.
Latterman, president of Fall Line Analytics, will
discuss the
issues expected to play a role in the fall presidential
campaign and in state
and local elections.
Topics will likely include the upcoming Supreme
Court decision on the
Affordable Healthcare Act, President Obama’s latest stand on
gay marriage, and
the specter of round two of the debt-ceiling crisis, says
Molly Fleischman,
vice president of the club. A question-and-answer session will
follow the talk.
Latterman has more than a decade of experience
analyzing data for
political campaigns, government agencies, and public service
organizations.
Last fall he managed the campaign of David Chiu for mayor. He
is associate
director of the master of political affairs program and of the
Leo McCarthy
Center for Public Service at the University of San Francisco.
The meeting is open to the public, and
refreshments will be
served. For information, call 415-641-5838 or email molly@ffrsf.com.
