Peijan L. Hodges — charged last week in connection with raping one woman in a downtown parking ramp — is now charged with assaulting two more women.
Authorities say he's responsible for three separate incidents, two of them on Oct. 7 and another on Sept. 26.
Hodges, 22, was charged last week with raping a woman in her car on Oct. 7, and police continued to investigate, arresting him on Oct. 9.
A second woman was attacked earlier Oct. 7, near the same location in the ramp when a bystander frightened away the assailant. Charges have now been filed in that case, too, the Hennepin County attorney's office said Friday.
Hodges was charged on Wednesday with first-degree criminal sexual conduct for attacking the woman who broke away, just two hours before the Oct. 7 rape for which he was charged last week, in Ramp C near Target Center.
The woman who got away had injuries to her back and chin.
Court papers say she was walking from her car to Ramp C at 2nd Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets about 1:40 p.m. on Oct. 7. Hodges asked for a dollar and then grabbed the woman in a bear hug, forcing her to the ground between two cars, the complaint alleges.
The woman fought and screamed for help. A man getting off an elevator yelled at Hodges, who fled, the complaint says.
