BPD: Man who locked woman in church bathroom now charged
The man followed the woman into the bathroom and locked the door once she was in a stall, Berkeley police wrote in court papers.
A man police say locked a woman in a Berkeley church bathroom during Sunday services last month is now facing sex crime charges, according to court papers.
The man followed the woman into the bathroom and locked the door once she was in a stall, Berkeley police wrote in court papers reviewed by The Scanner this week.
When the woman came out of the stall, she found a stranger who was exposing himself and masturbating, police wrote.
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The incident happened at the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church at 1839 Woolsey St. in South Berkeley on Jan. 7, according to charging documents.
The suspect was ultimately identified as 28-year-old Dana Carter Jr. of San Francisco, BPD said.
Carter fled the church but Berkeley police sought a felony warrant for his arrest, BPD wrote.
On Feb. 2, he was stopped on suspicion of fare evasion at a downtown San Francisco BART station and officers there found the Berkeley warrant for his arrest, according to BART Police.
Dana Carter Jr. BPD
When detectives interviewed him, BPD wrote, Carter said he did not know the woman but followed her into the bathroom because he was attracted to her and felt "sexual energy" between them.
On Feb. 4, the Alameda County district attorney's office charged Carter with false imprisonment and indecent exposure, which are both listed as misdemeanors.
He was released on his own recognizance two days later.
Carter is set to return to court March 19 for a pretrial hearing, according to court records.
