Simi Man Suspected of Attempted Rape
- Share via
A Simi Valley man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of attempting to kidnap and rape a woman leaving a grocery on Tuesday, Simi Valley police said.
The man, Patrick Linn Ross, 32, is also under investigation in four other attempted kidnapings and rapes in Simi Valley over the last 1 1/2 years, Sgt. Arch Morgan said in a written statement.
Ross allegedly passed a threatening note to a 28-year-old Simi Valley woman Tuesday as she sat in her car in the parking lot of Vons Shopping Center on Los Angeles Avenue, Morgan said.
Morgan said that Ross pressed a knife to the woman’s throat and got in the car, but that the woman escaped through the passenger door. Ross was being held at the East Valley Station of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department, and no bail had been set.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
John Orr was a renowned fire investigator who was also a prolific arsonist, and whose thinly veiled novel helped to convict him. In this episode we hear from the fire captain who first suspected him—and from Orr himself.
Tom Girardi was a legal legend—until he was found guilty of stealing millions from his own clients. Host Madison McGhee and pop culture commentator Kiki Monique unpack how his downfall became a Real Housewives scandal, and what Erika Jayne may or may not have known. Plus, L.A. Times reporter Harriet Ryan joins to share how she helped bring Girardi’s crimes to light.
Sammy Roth visits America’s second-largest nuclear plant, Arizona’s Palo Verde Generating Station, and sits down with three experts to explore the pros and cons of atomic energy.
