San Francisco police arrested a 34-year-old man accused of pushing a woman inside her Russian Hill home and attempting to rape her last month, the department said in a statement Wednesday.
Daquane Hubbard, of San Francisco, was booked into San Francisco County Jail on suspicion of attempted rape, burglary, robbery, false imprisonment, sexual battery and assault with intent to commit rape, police said.
Police officers responded to the 2100 block of Larkin Street at about 4:14 p.m. on Feb. 15 on reports of a person yelling for help. Once there, officers found an adult woman who appeared visibly distressed.
Police said the victim told officers that an unknown man followed her to her house and that as she attempted to close her door, the man allegedly forced his way in and tried to rape her. After a brief struggle, the woman was able to escape and yell for help, police said.
The department’s Special Victims Unit took over the investigation and a photo of the suspect was circulated to officers citywide in an effort to identify him.
The next day on Feb. 16, officers assigned to the Drug Market Agency Coordinating Center found Hubbard at a residence on the 900 block of Geary Boulevard, near Larkin Street. Police arrested Hubbard without incident.
“This kind of heinous violence will never be tolerated in San Francisco,” police Chief Derrick Lew said in a statement. “I want to thank all the police officers from multiple stations for their outstanding police work and coordination that led to the swift arrest of the suspect.”
Hubbard is due to appear at the Hall of Justice for a hearing at 1:30 p.m. on April 8, court records show.