Facebook Post About Alleged Assault of Woman in Los Gatos Causes Alarm

A Facebook post about an alleged assault of a woman in Los Gatos Sunday evening Nov. 24 on Roberts Road is causing alarm even though local police say they have no record of it happening.

The post, which was being shared by several Los Gatos women last weekend, said the alleged victim was approached on Roberts Road after she was returning home by a man in his early 30s with light hair, light eyes and a goatee.

"Ladies who live in and around Los Gatos beware!!" the post read, which was forwarded to Los Gatos Patch seeking information about the incident.

The poster, who's not being named as the authenticity of the name is in question, said the man came up to her car quickly and opened her driver's door "claiming he needed directions to a bridge he sleeps under (though he really didn't look homeless to me)."

The poster then says the man was so nervous he was shaking bad and "went to grab what I think was a gun or knife out of his pocket. I felt sure he was going to attack me so I grabbed the car door slammed it shut and drove off as fast as I ever have crying."

The poster then says the incident was reported to the Los Gatos/Monte Sereno Police Department, which supposedly said the suspect's description fit the description of a guy "who attacked and robbed a woman at knife-point last night in the alley behind Opa in Los Gatos, right next to St Mary's School."

"They are looking for him, and the woman got away last night OK, but just be careful!!!"

Police Sgt. spokesman Stephen Walpole said last Wednesday he had no reports of a male suspect, sporting a goatee, who had attacked any female victims recently in Los Gatos.

Similarly, police Sgt. spokesman Clinton Tada said although the agency did have a report of an attempted robbery at 10:45 p.m. Nov. 25 in the rear parking lot of 27 No. Santa Cruz Ave., he was not aware of any similar assault the night before.

In the corroborated attempted robbery incident, reported by Los Gatos Patch, a woman was approached by an unknown man in the parking lot behind Opa who demanded money as she was walking to her vehicle, Sgt. Tada said. 

The robbery attempt was unsuccessful, however, and the man ran off prior to police arrival, he added.

The victim was not injured, the suspect remains at large and the investigation into the Nov. 25 incident is ongoing, he said. 

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