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Orange County District Attorney
Press Release
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Tony Rackauckas, District Attorney
401 Civic Center Drive West
Santa Ana, CA 92701
For Immediate Release
Case # 08HF1709
September 11, 2012
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Contacts:
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Susan Kang Schroeder
Chief of Staff
Office: 714-347-8408
Cell: 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami Spokesperson
Office: 714-347-8405
Cell: 714-323-4486
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At approximately 10:30 p.m. on May 8, 2008, 26-year-old Jane Doe #2 was walking on Harbor Boulevard approaching McFadden Avenue in Costa Mesa. Quintas drove up to the victim in a red pick-up truck and offered to give Jane Doe #2 a ride. The victim got into the car and directed Quintas to a Motel 6 on Harbor Boulevard in Costa Mesa, where she had a room. Quintas drove away and parked in a secluded commercial parking lot. He pulled out a switchblade knife and pushed it against Jane Doe #2s neck. Quintas demanded, sex or money, b****, and then forced the victim at knife point to undress.
Quintas forcibly raped the victim as she struggled to get away. He pulled away, gripped his knife, and stabbed the victim in the left temple. Quintas pulled the knife out from the victims head, cut her face from her neck to her cheek, and stabbed her in the stomach as Jane Doe #2 fought for her life. Jane Doe #2 was able to escape naked from the car and run to the parking lot of a nearby motel. She was transported to Western Medical Center, treated for her injuries, and given a sexual assault examination. As a result of this attack, the Costa Mesa Police Department released a bulletin to other law enforcement agencies with a description of the crime, defendant, and car.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 21, 2008, 23-year-old Jane Doe #1 was walking on Harbor Boulevard in Santa Ana. Quintas pulled up in his truck, parked at the curb, and ran up to the victim. He grabbed her by the neck and held a 4-inch knife to her. Quintas demanded sex or money and then forced Jane Doe #1 into the passenger seat of his truck. He parked in an industrial area, climbed over the seat, and forcibly orally copulated the victim at knife point. Quintas cut Jane Doe #1s hands as she struggled to get away and escape. Jane Doe #1 was taken to the hospital and a police report was filed.
On Aug. 30, 2008, officers from the Santa Ana Police Department saw a truck matching the description of Quintas from a law enforcement bulletin. The officers pulled over the car and arrested Quintas for driving without a valid license. A DNA swab was subsequently taken and the defendant was linked to the assaults against Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2.