Suspect in Sex Assaults on 2 Women in Venice Faces Multiple Felony Counts

District Attorney George Gascón called the attacks the “most heinous sexual assaults” he has ever seen.

The canals of Venice, Calif., on Feb. 18, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

A 29-year-old man who allegedly attacked and sexually assaulted two women near the Venice Canals was charged April 15 with multiple felonies.

Anthony Francisco Jones was charged with two counts of forcible rape and one count each of sexual penetration by use of force, mayhem, torture, attempted murder and sodomy by use of force.