Suspect arrested on suspicion of groping 4 women at CSU Northridge

Suspect arrested on suspicion of groping 4 women at CSU Northridge

by Eric Licas

Police arrested a man on Thursday, Sept. 5 who admitted to groping at least four CSU Northridge students, officials said Monday.

The suspect is not a CSUN student, campus police Capt. Scott Vanscoy said.

He allegedly contacted his first victim at the Oviatt Library, which is near the center of campus between Lindley and Etiwanda, and asked her out on a date.  When she declined, the suspect grabbed her crotch then ran off.

She immediately reported the incident to police, who distributed a bulletin throughout campus.

A second woman later contacted officers and said the suspect described in the bulletin had approached her inside Redwood Hall. He allegedly engaged her in conversation, then groped her buttocks and fled.

Shortly after police received that report, a parking officer spotted the suspect in lot B4, VanScoy said. The suspect attempted to run away, but was taken into custody at about 11:15 a.m. on Sept. 5. He was identified as Mynor Tahaytzunum, 22, of Northridge.

“When we talked to him, he admitted to doing it,” VanScoy said. “And, he said it had happened about five times that morning.”

Tahaytzunum was booked on suspicion of four misdemeanor counts of sexual battery after two additional victims came forward, VanScoy said. One woman was groped at the University Transit Center on Vicennes Street, near Darby Avenue, and the other was inappropriately touched in a sitting area outside of Redwood Hall. All four victims positively identified him as the suspect.

He had been held at the Van Nuys Jail, and the case against him was presented on Monday, Sept. 16 to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, which will decide what charges prosecutors might pursue.

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