Man charged with battery, strangulation, sexual assault after Milwaukee woman says she escaped A 23-year-old man is facing charges for sexual assault, battery and strangulation after a woman says she escaped near Brady Street on Sunday.

A 23-year-old man is facing charges for sexual assault, battery and strangulation after a woman says she escaped near Brady Street early Sunday morning.

Milwaukee police are investigating after a woman reported that she was forced into a truck near Brady Street and driven to a Pick 'n Save parking lot, where she was assaulted before she was able to escape.


According to the complaint, Felipe Lopez-Simon is charged with:

second-degree sexual assault

substantial battery

strangulation   suffocation

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Lopez-Simon is not facing abduction charges.

The victim told police that she was  grabbed her by the neck and forced her into a dark truck,  and then later told a detective that  she did not recall leaving the bar, and reported that the next thing she recalled was being in the backseat of a vehicle,  according to the complaint.

Surveillance footage shows Lopez-Simon sat on a porch of one of the businesses on Brady Street next to the victim, the victim  was barely able to get up and was falling over after taking one step on the sidewalk,  before  Lopez-Simon is seen reaching out his hand  to the victim and  they then walk out of the camera's view,  according to the complaint.

Lopez-Simon's girlfriend spoke with detectives, and told them on the night of the incident, they had gone to a birthday party. He then brought her home and went back out. The next morning, she said she noticed a scratch on his face, according to the complaint.

The search warrant

The search warrant states that on Sunday, a 24-year-old woman was on Lyon Street and contacted police to report that she was a victim of sexual assault.

She said she had been walking in the area of North Warren Street, near Brady Street, when a man  grabbed her by the neck and forced her into a dark truck,  according to the search warrant.

She was then driven to a Pick 'n Save o

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