{"id":4475,"date":"2026-07-14T05:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T05:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4475"},"modified":"2026-07-14T05:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T05:36:01","slug":"search-underway-for-santa-clara-sexual-assault-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4475","title":{"rendered":"Search underway for Santa Clara sexual assault suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>SANTA CLARA \u2014 A search is underway for a suspect in a sexual assault early Monday in Santa Clara, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4474\">Wildfire consumes 20 acres east of San Ramon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around 1:30 a.m., public safety dispatchers received a report of a person yelling for help from Carmichael Park, located at 3445 Benton St., according to the Santa Clara Police Department. Officers arrived to find a woman who had been sexually assaulted.<\/p>\n<p>An unknown male suspect, meanwhile, ran north from the park and was last seen jumping over the fence at an adjacent condominium complex on Benton Street, police said. Officers searched the surrounding area but they did not find the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Police did not release a description of him.<\/p>\n<p>Residents and businesses in the area are being asked to review surveillance footage captured between 12:30 a.m. and 2 a.m. Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4472\">California home prices must fall for sales crash to end<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven footage that does not appear to show the assault itself may help investigators identify the suspect\u2019s movements before the incident,\u201d police said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who was in the area during that time, or who has surveillance footage or other information related to the incident, can contact Detective Sgt. Jerry Ogg at 408-615-4823 or the anonymous tip line at 408-615-4847.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4470\">What is an aortic dissection, the condition that likely led to Lindsey Graham\u2019s death?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A search is underway for a suspect in a sexual assault early Monday in Santa Clara, police said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Search underway for Santa Clara sexual assault suspect - Next City Digest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4475\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Search underway for Santa Clara sexual assault suspect - 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