Sac law enforcement officials describe a pattern of attacks by accused ‘serial sexual

Sacramento law enforcement officials describe a pattern of attacks by accused ‘serial sexual predator’

Updated: 10:32 AM PDT Sep 5, 2023

My name is Tin Hull and I am the District Attorney for Sacramento County. I want to welcome everybody here. I also want to acknowledge *** few additional people as well. Um I want to acknowledge our chief of police here in Sacramento. Chief Lester, also assistant sheriff Leandra Marquez from the sheriff’s office and the assistant special agent in charge of the FBI field office here in Sacramento. So welcome for coming here today. You know, someone once said that justice delayed is justice denied. Well, today’s message is justice delivered is justice. Nonetheless, we are gathered here today to announce the arrests and the prosecution of *** sexual predator that terrorized our community. Um Starting in 2010, this individual cummings was recently apprehended in New York City through the collaboration of the agencies that are involved here today. So with that, I would like to turn the proceedings over to Sacramento police chief Kathy Lester. Thank you District Attorney Home. So I want to just thank everyone for joining us at this morning’s press conference. First and foremost, my heart goes out to the victims of these heinous crimes. I hope that this arrest brings some closure to those victims and makes our community *** little safer by taking *** predator off the streets. This arrest shows that the men and women of our department and our partner law enforcement agencies will work tirelessly to bring justice to victims. We are here to share the diligent work done by agencies involved, but more importantly, to inform our community of this significant arrest. I will briefly discuss the two cases that occurred in the city of Sacramento and what helped lead us to the arrest of Cabey Cummings in February of 2010, an unknown man grabbed the victim from behind while she was walking home near the area of Franklin Boulevard and Calvin Road. He put her in *** headlock and strangled her. He then pulled her into some bushes where he continued to strangle and sexually assault her. Once the assault was completed, the suspect fled the scene also *** second suspect unknown at this time, fled with the victim’s purse. The victim made it home where she called and reported the crimes to police. Then just *** month later in March of 2010, another victim was also walking home near the 2700 block of Florin road when she was grabbed from behind and strangled in *** headlock fashion. The suspect dragged her into *** parking lot and then behind *** building there. The suspect continued to sexually assault her while she was unconscious and then he fled after the assault, the victim hailed *** police officer and reported the incident. In both cases, evidentiary exams were completed and DNA samples were collected and entered into the code system which stands for the combined DNA index system. At that time, there were no hits in this system and the case went cold. However, we have now found that the DNA samples collected from each of these cases as well as *** case from the Sacramento Sheriff’s office are from the same person. So while the case remained unsolved for years, beginning in 2019, the cases were reviewed and follow up was conducted by our Sacramento Police Department cold case detectives, our sexual assault and child abuse unit and the Sacramento District Attorney’s Office, biological evidence was used to develop *** specialized DNA profile intended for investigative genetic genealogy. The DNA profile led to the identification of *** suspect. After extensive follow up, investigators were able to identify that suspect as Cabey Cummings. The Sacramento Police Department’s career criminal apprehension team led the effort to locate Mister Cummings as his whereabouts had been previously unknown for several years. Through their hard work, they were able to locate him in New York. I would like to recognize the many agencies involved in this case through *** combined effort. The Sacramento Police Department, the Sacramento Sheriff’s office, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s office, the NYPD and the Sacramento and New York FBI field offices worked together to safely apprehend Cummings this past Friday Sacramento police detectives brought Cummings back to Sacramento where he was booked into the Sacramento County jail for multiple sexual assault charges. Before I turn this over to assistant Sheriff Marquez. I just want to share that we do have an open tip line. If anyone has information related to these cases or additional victims, we are asking that you contact us. The number to the tip line is 9168081773. Thank you. And now what we’re gonna do is turn it over to assistant sheriff Leandro Marquez. Good morning on September 19 th 2013 at about 4 22 in the morning at Watt Avenue in Auburn Boulevard, an unknown assailant grabbed *** victim from behind and pointed *** stun gun at her, threatening her life and forced her to walk into *** dark area. The suspect violently sexually assaulted the victim and afterwards, she was able to seek help from *** nearby business. The victim submitted to DNA and all leads were exhausted at that time and the case went cold. November of 2021. *** sheriff’s detective that was investigating cold case sexual assault reports for our department requested additional testing of evidence from this particular case on June 10 th 2022. *** full DNA profile was developed from this additional testing. The DNA profile matched our case and two unsolved Sacramento Police Department sex assault cases from 2010, working in cooperation with the District Attorney’s Office, Cold Case group. *** suspect was identified which led us to New York City. The suspect had lived in Sacramento at the time of the three rapes and matched the description provided by the victims, working with our regional partners. The suspect was confirmed through further investigative techniques and arrested in New York City on behalf of Sheriff Jim Cooper, I’d like to say thank you to our regional partners as they continue to tirelessly pursue individuals who prey upon and victimize our community. Thank you. And now I’d like to introduce to you assistant special agent in charge of the FBI field office here in Sacramento. Mark Remley. Thank you. Appreciate it. As the D *** said, my name is Mark Remley. I’m an assistant special agent in charge of the FBI here in Sacramento. I oversee our violent and organized crime programs. This case is *** great example of why all law enforcement agencies here today must be willing to work together towards *** common goal of protecting our communities and helping victims for all of us. The amount of time that has passed from the initial fence and the time invested to solve the crime doesn’t matter. Our commitment to seeking justice for the victims of these crimes is our top priority and the focus of everything we do. In this case, the FBI Sacramento field office was contacted by the Sacramento District Attorney’s office with *** request to support their efforts to identify an unknown suspect at that time who has since been identified as Cabey Cummings. Following their initial investigative genetic genealogy analysis. The FBI commonly aids our law enforcement partners with their efforts to create new leads using investigative genetic genealogy and follow those leads by leveraging the fbi’s network of field offices throughout the country and the world. In this case, multiple field offices assisted with leads generated through the Sacramento and Sacramento County Sheriff’s Departments, excuse me, Sacrament police departments and das office, genetic genealogy analysis. Ultimately, *** direct comparison of DNA from the case to the presumed suspect led to the suspect’s arrest in New York. We must thank the FBI New York field office for assisting with the identification and arrest of cummings so he can face prosecution in Sacramento County Superior Court. We sincerely thank the Sacramento District Attorney’s Office for their trust and partnership to ensure the result that we are all here to announce today. We also thank the Sacramento Police Department and the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department for their continued partnership and collaboration to solve these cold cases. Only together can we safely secure and keep our community safe now and in the future as we ensure that every suspect is brought to justice to face *** jury of their peers. Thank you. So tomorrow afternoon, Cabey Cummings will be arraigned in Sacramento Superior Court on charges of forcible rape, forcible, oral copulation, sodomy penetration and kidnapping to commit rape with those particular charges, he faces *** maximum period of incarceration in prison of over 180 years to life. This would not have been possible but for the collaboration of *** number of agencies and groups, I also want to recognize the Sacramento District Attorney’s office code Case Science and technology units. They worked extensively with our other partners including the sheriff’s office, Sheriff Jim Cooper, Chief Lester, the police department and our friends in the FBI, both here in Sacramento and the field office in New York. In order to bring Mr Cummings to justice. At the end of the day, it is always about the victims and the voices of victims that must be heard. And at the end of the day, justice delivered is justice. Nonetheless, with that, I would like to bring up um, the other partners here and open it up for questions. Yes. Thank you. Information out there even in on this. Well, first of all, um, it was through the tireless efforts of all the agencies involved up here today that brought him to justice, but really what it is and it’s *** testament to DNA evidence. And recently, uh several years ago, this office and the members of the Code Case Science and Technology Unit really, um, honed the new technique of investigative genealogy in order to identify whether it was the Golden State killer, um which is *** technique that has been used across the country in order to bring, uh, predators to justice. But it was through the tireless efforts of the agencies up here that allowed us to bring him to justice. Any other questions? Can you spell the name? Yes. First name is Cabey Kab as in boy. Eh, last name is Cummings Cummings. Um, last week when this information was put out *** call to the public. Anyone else to come forward if they have any information, if there were any other victims, is there anything that leads you to believe there may be other victims? I am going to let the other partners in this address. It Well, currently we don’t have any that are identified at this point. However, we’re vetting our tip line tips come in constantly and it takes *** lot of people power to investigate all of this. So I can’t say as of today’s date, it’s been *** very short period of time since his arrest. And uh what do we know about his time in Sacramento? Uh It sounds like he was working with Children and concern there. Is that something that’s being looked into? Um I’m sure that will be part of the prosecutor’s case. I want to be careful to speak on it. He was employed by the city of Sacramento as well as other employers during this time. But we don’t have any information to believe these cases relate to that. Employment eventually go to say killer and you know, in that case and ancestry dot com type service linked to DNA evidence, any indication that Cummings took *** similar service or any family member that helped trace that DNA. Well, obviously, since this is now *** pending criminal matter, there are certain ethical obligations, I have to protect the integrity of the case. So I can’t comment any further in regards to some of the investigative techniques that we use to identify and bring Mr Cummings to justice. *** two part question here, Rachel CBS 13, Mr D, since we had the genealogy success with the DNA with the Golden State Killer Health. There have been advancements that aided in this case and also maybe this is *** question for you, Chief Lester uh in terms of this case being made public. Now, we know that there are victims, real victims that have come forward that were, you know, sexually victimized. Could there be others? And what’s your message to them if they came across this man? So maybe *** two part question. Sure, in regards to genetic genealogy, investigative genetic genealogy, this is *** *** valid um technique that we’ve used um in this office to not only find individuals who have committed crimes, but also exonerate people who were falsely accused as well. And it’s *** technique that continues to be used across the country by many different other agencies to the tune of now we’ve solved uh over 200 cases across the country in terms of code cases, whether they be homicides, whether they be sexual assault, whether they be child predators. So it’s *** technique that we continue to refine and use um throughout the country and that we have uh very stringent protocols. But I’m gonna turn this over to Chief Lester to answer the second part for, for the second part of your question. Uh Right now, we don’t know of any additional victims. However, we are, are broadcasting his picture, his information. That’s why we’ve really opened the tip line. I can only imagine how difficult it is for someone to be victimized in this manner and then also to have to come forward. So we’re hoping that by sharing what we know, sharing that he’s in custody, that if there are additional victims or if anyone has information about these crimes, they will contact us and I can assure you that we will follow up and make sure that that those tips are investigated just as thoroughly. Thank you. Yes. Uh Is there *** reason to believe that uh Cummings was fleeing to New York to evade Sacramento authorities? And do you have any evidence that there were any other sexual assaults in any other states? Um attributed to Cummings? That’s an excellent question. Um Due to the pending nature of the case, we will not be able to discuss that at this time. Um But moving forward, we are doing extensive investigation and have done extensive investigation on this individual in terms of his background, his whereabouts and where he’s lived um in terms of his employment, etcetera, but we can’t discuss that at this time. Yes. So he taken into custody without incident or was there any struggle or anything like that? All that I’m aware of is that he was taken into custody without incident? I don’t have those details. Do uh do you know at what time he moved from Sacramento? And do you believe he moved straight from Sacramento to New York City? We know that his whereabouts were unknown for quite *** while and that’s why our career criminal apprehension team sought the suspect through *** variety of investigative techniques. They did locate him in New York. What happened between Sacramento and New York will have to be determined for the case. Were any of the victims, minors at the time of the crime? I think when it comes to the facts of the case, ours was not, nor is ours. I think there was another question over here or was there one without any further questions? Uh in *** few minutes, we will be able to show you *** photograph of his booking photo and the information regarding the tip line. So that’ll be up on the screen in *** moment for you as well, but with that, thank you so much for coming. Um Again, he will be arraigned specifically tomorrow afternoon in the jail courts facing those charges. Thank you. So much. Thank you. Well, I just picture up here in the morning we’re also going to share his, our media officer will share his information and the, uh, the information on the tip line as well. Thank you.

Sacramento law enforcement officials describe a pattern of attacks by accused ‘serial sexual predator’

Updated: 10:32 AM PDT Sep 5, 2023

An accused “serial sexual predator” who was recently arrested in New York used a similar pattern of attack in the three Sacramento assaults he’s accused of committing between 2010 and 2013, law enforcement officials said. Representatives from the Sacramento Police Department, sheriff’s office and the FBI detailed the circumstances of the attacks on three women during a press conference on Tuesday and described how investigative DNA genealogy helped them crack cases that had gone cold.The suspect, 35-year-old Kabeh Cummings, is due in court Wednesday in Sacramento to face charges that include kidnapping and sexual assault. He was arrested in New York on Aug. 29. Sacramento police Chief Kathy Lester said the first assault linked to Cummings happened in February 2010 when a stranger grabbed the victim from behind while she was walking home in the area of Franklin Boulevard and Calvine Road. After putting her in a headlock and strangling her, he pulled her into the bushes where he continued to strangle and sexually assault her, she said. She said the suspect then fled, while a second suspect who remains unknown, took the victim’s purse and also fled. A month later in March, a second victim was walking home near the 2700 block of Florin Road when she was grabbed from behind and strangled in a headlock, Lester said. The suspect dragged her into a parking lot and then behind a building where he sexually assaulted her while she was unconscious, Lester said. After the attacker fled, the victim reported the incident to police. In both cases, DNA samples were collected and entered in a system but there were no hits and the case went cold. “My heart goes out to the victims of these heinous crimes,” Lester said. The third assault that Cummings is alleged to have committed happened in the early morning hours of Sept. 19, 2013. A woman was walking in the area of Watt Avenue and Auburn when a stranger grabbed her from behind and threatened her life with a stun gun, Sacramento County Assistant Sheriff LeeAnneDra Marchese said. After forcing the victim to walk into a dark area and violently sexually assaulting her, the victim got help from a nearby business and then submitted to DNA testing. How the cases became linked In November 2021, a detective with the sheriff’s office who was investigating cold case sexual assault reports requested additional testing for the 2013 case. In June 2022, the testing led to the development of a specialized DNA profile that matched the Watt Avenue assault, along with the two unsolved cases in the city of Sacramento, Marchese said. | Video Below | Sacramento detectives release new information ‘serial sexual predator’ arrestFBI Investigation Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mark Remily said that after being contacted by the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office to support their efforts, multiple FBI field offices assisted with the investigation. “This case is a great example of why all law enforcement agencies must be able to work together,” he said. Cummings had lived in Sacramento at the time of the three rapes and also matched the description provided by the three victims, officials said. Lester said that the department’s career criminal apprehension team led the effort to find Cummings. Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho said that Cummings’ capture is “a testament to DNA evidence.”Cummings faces a maximum sentence of 180 years to life, if convicted, Ho said. KCRA 3 has confirmed that Cummings worked for the city of Sacramento’s START program, which is an after-school program for children and was employed by the city from 2008 to 2014. Lester said there is no indication at this time that the assaults were linked to Cummings employment. All of the victims known so far are adults, officials said.

An accused “serial sexual predator” who was recently arrested in New York used a similar pattern of attack in the three Sacramento assaults he’s accused of committing between 2010 and 2013, law enforcement officials said.

Representatives from the Sacramento Police Department, sheriff’s office and the FBI detailed the circumstances of the attacks on three women during a press conference on Tuesday and described how investigative DNA genealogy helped them crack cases that had gone cold.

The suspect, 35-year-old Kabeh Cummings, is due in court Wednesday in Sacramento to face charges that include kidnapping and sexual assault. He was arrested in New York on Aug. 29.

Sacramento police Chief Kathy Lester said the first assault linked to Cummings happened in February 2010 when a stranger grabbed the victim from behind while she was walking home in the area of Franklin Boulevard and Calvine Road. After putting her in a headlock and strangling her, he pulled her into the bushes where he continued to strangle and sexually assault her, she said.

She said the suspect then fled, while a second suspect who remains unknown, took the victim’s purse and also fled.

A month later in March, a second victim was walking home near the 2700 block of Florin Road when she was grabbed from behind and strangled in a headlock, Lester said.

The suspect dragged her into a parking lot and then behind a building where he sexually assaulted her while she was unconscious, Lester said. After the attacker fled, the victim reported the incident to police.

In both cases, DNA samples were collected and entered in a system but there were no hits and the case went cold.

“My heart goes out to the victims of these heinous crimes,” Lester said.

The third assault that Cummings is alleged to have committed happened in the early morning hours of Sept. 19, 2013.

A woman was walking in the area of Watt Avenue and Auburn when a stranger grabbed her from behind and threatened her life with a stun gun, Sacramento County Assistant Sheriff LeeAnneDra Marchese said.

After forcing the victim to walk into a dark area and violently sexually assaulting her, the victim got help from a nearby business and then submitted to DNA testing.

How the cases became linked

In November 2021, a detective with the sheriff’s office who was investigating cold case sexual assault reports requested additional testing for the 2013 case.

In June 2022, the testing led to the development of a specialized DNA profile that matched the Watt Avenue assault, along with the two unsolved cases in the city of Sacramento, Marchese said.

| Video Below | Sacramento detectives release new information ‘serial sexual predator’ arrest

FBI Investigation Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mark Remily said that after being contacted by the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office to support their efforts, multiple FBI field offices assisted with the investigation.

“This case is a great example of why all law enforcement agencies must be able to work together,” he said.

Cummings had lived in Sacramento at the time of the three rapes and also matched the description provided by the three victims, officials said.

Lester said that the department’s career criminal apprehension team led the effort to find Cummings.

Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho said that Cummings’ capture is “a testament to DNA evidence.”

Cummings faces a maximum sentence of 180 years to life, if convicted, Ho said.

KCRA 3 has confirmed that Cummings worked for the city of Sacramento’s START program, which is an after-school program for children and was employed by the city from 2008 to 2014.

Lester said there is no indication at this time that the assaults were linked to Cummings employment. All of the victims known so far are adults, officials said.