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Man arrested in brutal California attacks, rape on trail

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer points to a photo of Robert Daniel Yucas, 51, who was arrested connection with sexual assaults on at least three women on the Aliso Creek Trail during a joint press conference with Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes in Santa Ana on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. Sheriff's investigators were able to connect Yucas to the crime through a DNA match. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP) Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes, left, announces the arrest of Robert Yucas, 51, in connection with sexual assaults on at least three women on the Aliso Creek Trail during a joint news conference with Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer, right, in Santa Ana , Calif. Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. Sheriff's investigators were able to connect Yucas to the crime through a DNA match. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP) In this flyer released by the Orange County Sheriff's Department are suspect sketches from 2020 sexual assaults in Aliso Viejo, Calif. Authorities have arrested an Army veteran in connection with brutal attacks on women in Southern California where he allegedly choked them into unconsciousness and assaulted them in the bushes off a running trail. (Orange County Sheriff's Department via AP)
Man arrested in brutal California attacks, rape on trail