New York authorities will have to wait before prosecuting a sexual assault suspect known as the “Collegetown Creeper” until a sex assault case in Ocean Beach has concluded.
Deputy District Attorney Katherine Flaherty said on June 30 that “a gentleman’s agreement” has been reached between officials in Ithaca, N.Y., and the DA’s office in San Diego regarding extradition for Abraham Shorey, 25.
An Ocean Beach woman testified June 26 about a sexual assault in her home on Aug. 7, 2005, and he was ordered to stand trial.
DNA evidence tied Shorey to the OB incident, said Flaherty. The victim was attacked at 5:45 a.m. after the intruder removed the screen of the unlocked bedroom window. He wore a mask and attacked the woman in her bed. She bit him on the finger, and his blood was left at the scene, which was later tied to Shorey, according to court records.
The victim wasn’t able to identify Shorey as her attacker, but he was ordered to stand trial on charges of attempted rape and three burglary counts in the preliminary hearing. San Diego Superior Court Judge Fred Maguire set a trial date for Sept. 12. Shorey admitted he assaulted the Ocean Beach woman to San Diego police and said he had cut two other window screens on other apartments, but found those windows were locked.
Shorey was arrested May 5 in Normal Heights after his picture had been shown on the television show “America’s Most Wanted.” His fingerprints were run through the system and they were linked to the Collegetown Creeper case. Shorey is wanted in New York for a series of sexual assaults and burglaries around Cornell University in 2003 and 2004.
Shorey is believed to have been in San Diego about a year. He remains in county jail without bail.