Day Loiterer rapes client

Alleged Santa Monica Rapist, 17, Charged As Adult
Bail Reportedly Set At $7 Million
(CBS) LOS ANGELES A 17-year-old day laborer accused of breaking into a Santa Monica condominium and raping the occupant when she returned home was charged as an adult Tuesday with nine felonies. Luis Mario Lopez is scheduled to be arraigned at the Airport Branch Courthouse on charges including forcible rape, residential burglary and unlawfully taking the woman's 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL 500 convertible. Prosecutors were asking that his bail be set at $7 million. Lopez was arrested Friday in his hometown of Oxnard while driving the woman's vehicle, according to Santa Monica police. Evidence linking him to the crime was recovered from the car and his home, police said. The woman was confronted and tied up about 10 p.m. Thursday when she came home and found the house had been ransacked, police said. The woman was repeatedly attacked over a four-hour period and suffered injuries including a broken nose, according to Deputy District Attorney Lisa Houle. Authorities said evidence indicates that the teen entered the victim's home some time Thursday morning and then attacked her when she returned home. The suspect, who had previously worked for the 42-year-old victim at her home in the 1100 block of Princeton Avenue, allegedly got in through a doggie door, police said. At a news conference last week, Santa Monica police Chief Tim Jackman called the crime "vicious and brutal" and said authorities believe the woman was "specifically targeted. "Lopez faces multiple life prison terms if convicted, according to the District Attorney's Office.