Doña Ana County Sheriff’s detectives are looking for two men accused of sexually assaulting a woman following a yard sale at her home over the weekend.
The victim, 46, told detectives she had hosted a yard sale outside her home Saturday morning in the 5000 block of Doña Ana Road. She recalled seeing two men, accompanied by two adult females and a child, who were browsing through household items inside the residence for approximately 20 minutes.
The group left, but the victim said about five minutes later, the two men returned to the home and knocked on the door, claiming they had left their cell phone inside the woman’s home.
The victim let the two men in her house, and told detectives one man – described to be in his 50s – grabbed her arm, pulling her into the bathroom and allegedly sexually assaulting her. The other man reportedly stood watch outside the door.
According to the victim, the men told her they would be back in 20 minutes and left.
The woman drove to a nearby convenience store and called 911.
Detectives say the older male is described as five feet, nine inches tall and weighs approximately 150 pounds. He reportedly has short, salt-and-pepper hair, no facial hair and was wearing a t-shirt and blue jeans. The younger suspect, believed to be in his 20s, was also wearing jeans and a t-shirt and is described as five feet, six inches tall with black hair and brown eyes. The men were reportedly driving a maroon, older model Chevrolet four-door pickup truck.
Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to call the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Department, (575) 525-8806. Anonymous tips can also be turned in to Las Cruces / Doña Ana County Crime Stoppers, 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or via text message to CRIMES (274637), using the keyword LCTIPS.
Information from Dona Ana County