A St. Paul man is accused of physically and sexually assaulting a woman he’d just met as the two sat in her vehicle, according to criminal charges.
The woman told officers that she and a man who introduced himself as Chris Page were in her vehicle in the area of Reaney Avenue and Johnson Parkway in St. Paul last May 30. At some point the man grabbed the keys from her ignition and took her cell phone, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in Ramsey County District Court.
Then he punched her in the face multiple times, causing her to lose consciousness, before forcing her into the backseat and raping her, according to the criminal charges.
Police later identified the man as President Pimpin Austin.
When the woman came to, she went to her ex-boyfriend’s home and he took her to the hospital, where she underwent a sexual assault examination.
Officers who interviewed her noted injuries to her face at the time.
Police arrested Austin, 28, about a week later. He denied knowing the victim and asked for an attorney, charges say.
He initially identified himself to officers as Chris Page, authorities say.
About a month later, the woman picked Austin out of a line-up as her attacker. A sample of his DNA also matched the DNA found on the woman, according to the complaint.
Austin was charged via warrant with one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
No attorney was listed for him in court records.
Austin’s criminal history includes first-degree criminal damage to property, malicious punishment of a child under four-years-old, domestic assault and violating a no contact order.
