Prosecutors believe serial predators accused in violent sexual assaults have no connection to each other

HOUSTON – Bail set at $600,000 for bound man sexual assaults and apartment burglaries in the last three months.

Denzeill Sneed, 29, was arrested Wednesday at Acres Homes, less than two miles from where the attacks occurred. Sneed, who was recently released from parole in September for aggravated robbery and evading arrest, now faces burglary and intent to commit sexual assault on two counts of assault.

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He was charged with four different crimes based on these two separate incidents. In both cases, Sneed is charged with burglary of a dwelling with intent to commit a felony, and in each case with sexual assault.

His bond was set by Judge Brown at $150,000 for each of the four counts, for a total of $600,000.

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Harris County Deputy District Attorney Jay Gordon said detectives will continue to review the evidence as well as evidence from other cases.

“There have also been some reports of other similar sexual assaults that occurred around the same time in the same area,” Gordon said.

A second suspect was arrested Friday night in connection with the attacks in the West Bay Bank area. Jayden Jercoyus Demouchet was charged with burglary of habitation.

Demouchet was expected to appear in court on Monday but was not physically present. Prosecutors gave detailed information about the case.

Prosecutors said Demouchet sexually assaulted women while he was on the run. That’s how police found him after receiving calls that he had attacked two different women at the Little York Apartments in Concord on Friday.

A neighbor told KPRC 2’s Corley Peel that she saw Demouchet walking around without pants moments before the defendant attacked.

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Gordon says there is currently no connection between the two suspects.

What we know so far

In both cases, Sneed is accused of breaking into the women’s apartment as they walked their children to the bus stop and sexually assaulting them when they returned, according to court documents.

The judge said the first incident occurred Aug. 14 at an apartment complex on West Gulf Bank Rd. Officers said that at 6:30 a.m., a woman reported that she had been attacked in her apartment while Sneed waited inside her apartment after coming in and walking her child to the bus stop.

The second attack, most recently on Friday, Nov. 8, occurred at an apartment complex in the 5000 block of West Little York Rd. KPRC 2’s Bryce Newberry A witness at the scene said he knew the woman who was attacked and that Sneed broke into the victim’s home while she was walking her child to the bus stop. When she returned, he was waiting behind the door at her home and sexually assaulted her.

One of the alleged victims of Sneed’s attacks speaks out KPRC 2’s Corley PeelDescribes the horrific attack.

Because he speaks Spanish, KPRC 2 used a translator.

“I heard some kind of noise and looked out the closet door and there was a man standing there,” she recounted. “(He) came out of the closet and threw a blanket over my head. We started to fight. He beat me. He took all the money I had for rent and bills and then sexually assaulted me. I was trying to defend myself but I couldn’t, so he threatened to kill me. “Then I went out to call for help, but no one was there.”

Before Wednesday, officers believed Sneed was responsible for three other incidents in the area, but Demouchet is now suspected in those cases.

• On October 9, around 7 p.m., a woman was attacked by a suspect who broke into her home at 5300 West Gulf Bank Road. The suspect was armed.

• On October 17, around 2 p.m., a woman at 5350 West Gulf Bank Road was attacked by a suspect who knocked on her apartment door and forced entry. It was learned that the suspect was wearing a ski mask and was armed.

• On Oct. 24, around 7:50 a.m. at 5350 West Gulf Bank Road, a woman was attacked by a suspect who knocked on her apartment door and forced entry. It was learned that the suspect was wearing a ski mask and was armed.

“Since we released surveillance video and photographs of these incidents last Friday, with the help of our partners at the FBI, we have uncovered evidence that points to the possibility of a second suspect in three incidents that occurred in October,” said HPD Commander Elizabeth Lorenzana. .

The victims in both cases were all Hispanic.

Sneed has a history of violence, according to court records. At the time of the first attack, he was on parole for aggravated robbery and evading arrest.

Anyone with information about the second suspect or who was a victim of Sneed’s attacks is asked to contact the HPD Special Victims Department at 713-308-1180.