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Boston police seeking Level 3 sex offender after sexual assault in Chinatown

Boston police seeking Level 3 sex offender after sexual assault in Chinatown
JENNIFER EAGAN IS LIVE IBON STON WHERE AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A SEXUAL ASSAULT SUSPE.CT DOUG: AND JEN, 5 INVESTIGATES REPORTS HE MAY BE CONNECTED TO ANOTHEASR SAULT? JENNIFER: POLICE BELIEVE THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE LOOKING FOR, A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER WHO IS NOW ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A WOMAN INSIDE HER APARTMENT BUILDING. POLICE HAVE AN ARREST WARRANT T OUFOR EDWIN FANTAUZZI. TH EY SAY HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THE VICTIM AROUND 6:30 SATURDAY MORNING ON HARRISON AVENUE IN CHINATOWN. THE 22-YEAR-OLD VICTIM SAYS THE ATTACKER CLAIMED TO BE AN UBER DRIVER AND ASKED TO USE A BATHROOM BEFORE FORCING HIS WAY INTO HER BUILDING. SHE EVENTUALLY FOUGHHIT M OFF. SHE THOUGHT HER LIFE WAS IN DANGER. SOURCES TELL 5 INVESTIGATES ETH SAME SUSPECT COULD BE CONNECTED TO THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A B.U. STUDENT FRIDAY NIG.HT JUST HOURS BEFORE THE ATTACK ON HARRISON AVENUE, POLICE SAY A N MAFORCED HIS WAY INTO A STUDE’T'S APARTMENT NEAR GRANBY STREET AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER. MINUTES LATER INVESTIGATORS SAY A MAN FOLWEDLO A GROUP OF STUDENTS IN A PICKUP TRUCK AGGRESSIVELY. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT IS FROM LAWRENCE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS U
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Boston police seeking Level 3 sex offender after sexual assault in Chinatown
Boston police are asking for the public's help in locating a man wanted on rape and assault charges. Boston police said warrants have been issued for Edwin Fantauzzi, 33, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, charging him with rape, assault with intent to rape, and assault and battery.Police said at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to a report of a rape in the area of Harrison Avenue, in downtown Boston. Fantauzzi was identified as the suspect. The victim of that sexual assault, a 22-year-old woman, said Fantauzzi claimed to be an Uber driver and asked to use a bathroom inside her apartment building."He dragged me into the building, and he was very violent. He was strong," the victim said. "I thought he would take my keys and drag me back into my apartment and do something worse. I also thought I might be killed."Fantauzzi is a Level 3 sex offender who was convicted in 2019 of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14.Multiple sources told 5 Investigates' Kathy Curran that investigators are eyeing Fantauzzi as a suspect in two recent incidents at Boston University.BU police said they are investigating the rape of a student who said a man forced his way into her apartment near Granby Street shortly before midnight Friday. Three other students then reported a man aggressively followed them on Granby Street as they walked to the South Campus, and then offered them a ride.Fantauzzi is described as a Hispanic male, approximately 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 185 pounds.Anyone with any information is asked to call detectives directly at 617-343-4400.Anyone who wants to remain anonymous can submit a tip to the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-800-494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).

Boston police are asking for the public's help in locating a man wanted on rape and assault charges.

Boston police said warrants have been issued for Edwin Fantauzzi, 33, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, charging him with rape, assault with intent to rape, and assault and battery.

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Police said at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to a report of a rape in the area of Harrison Avenue, in downtown Boston. Fantauzzi was identified as the suspect.

The victim of that sexual assault, a 22-year-old woman, said Fantauzzi claimed to be an Uber driver and asked to use a bathroom inside her apartment building.

"He dragged me into the building, and he was very violent. He was strong," the victim said. "I thought he would take my keys and drag me back into my apartment and do something worse. I also thought I might be killed."

Fantauzzi is a Level 3 sex offender who was convicted in 2019 of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14.

Multiple sources told 5 Investigates' Kathy Curran that investigators are eyeing Fantauzzi as a suspect in two recent incidents at Boston University.

BU police said they are investigating the rape of a student who said a man forced his way into her apartment near Granby Street shortly before midnight Friday. Three other students then reported a man aggressively followed them on Granby Street as they walked to the South Campus, and then offered them a ride.

Fantauzzi is described as a Hispanic male, approximately 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 185 pounds.

Anyone with any information is asked to call detectives directly at 617-343-4400.

Anyone who wants to remain anonymous can submit a tip to the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-800-494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).