A serial rapist who terrorized Noe Valley and the
Mission District
last year could receive a prison term of more than 100 years
when he is
sentenced this month for the brutal sexual assaults of three
women.
Frederick Dozier Jr., 33, a former cafeteria
worker at James Lick
Middle School on Noe Street, was convicted Oct. 19 on 25
counts of rape and
violent beatings following a two-week Superior Court trial.
Dozier is set to hear his fate Dec. 14.
“The goal is that he will not get out of prison
for the rest of
his life,” said District Attorney George Gascon, adding that
his office would
seek the maximum penalty for Dozier.
Dozier’s crimes were particularly egregious
because “they were
very, very brutal and they were so random,” Gascon said.
“From a community point of view, it had to be
horrifying during
the time this guy was out there…and it could happen to
anyone,” he said. “Women
were going to work, they were going to the gym, and they were
being brutally
beaten and sexually assaulted.”
The attacks occurred between June and December of
last year in the
early morning hours along the 24th Street corridor. The final
attack occurred
Dec. 8 on Fair Oaks Street at 24th.
Dozier was arrested in January after a tip from
the community,
which had launched an area-wide leafleting and email-campaign
to warn residents
about the attacks.
The Dozier case was on Gascon’s mind last month
as he announced a
new program to award $3,500 in public safety grants to
community
organizations.
Gascon said his office would give out 10 grants
citywide—and urged
nonprofits and neighborhood-based groups to apply.
The seed money could be used, for example, to
support neighborhood
watches, to increase lighting in poorly lit areas, or to clean
up blighted
buildings.
“We’re looking for creative ways by the community
to actually make
neighborhoods look better,” Gascon said. “We want projects
that are going to
enhance the quality of life.”
The deadline to apply to the D.A.’s 2012
Neighborhood Justice Fund
is Dec. 14. Applications are available atwww.sfdistrictattorney.org.
Meanwhile, the Fair Oaks Community Coalition, a
group that set up
a fund for the three women victims in the Dozier case, has
announced it will
accept donations through the end of this year.
The FOCC, which has already collected more than
$5,300 for each
victim, notes the women “remain in need of financial aid, due
to lost wages
[and] for continuing psychological support and medical
treatment, including
some necessary reparative surgeries.”
Donations can be made to the 24th Street
Survivors Fund, Sterling
Bank and Trust, Noe Valley Branch, 3800 24th St., San
Francisco, CA 94132-3206.
