A year-old Long Beach man has been arrested as the suspect in a series of at-gunpoint rapes of women working as prostitutes in the South Los Angeles and Compton area, authorities said Wednesday.
Ferdinand Ervin Flowers was taken into custody about a. He was seen pushing a woman out of a white Honda Civic, police said. Credit: KTLA. The woman told police she had been victimized, and detectives found Flowers in the car with a handgun. The charges are linked to the Jan.
Flowers' alleged victim that day was year-old female sex worker picked up in Lynwood. Flowers pointed a handgun at the woman and demanded her money but she was able to get out of the car, the DA's office said. He is suspected in 13 incidents involving 14 victims, many of whom were left in the Dominguez Hills area. The victims ranged in age from 15 to 46, police said last month.
Vehicles associated with Ferdinand Ervin Flowers are show on a posted displayed at a Jan. Detectives still think there are more victims, and are asking them to come forward. He was described as a black man, but no photo of him was released.. He dumped her and fled. Three more similar crimes occurred in the rest of , but no similar crimes were reported in or , said at a news conference Wednesday. The two agencies began working together. Last month, on the same day as the most recent assault, on Dec.
Flowers has a arrest for soliciting a prostitute, but has no other criminal record, authorities said. His security guard license, also current, was issued in If convicted as charged, Flowers face up to life in state prison, along with lifetime registration as a sex offender. He is due back in court in Compton on Feb. Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly described the caliber of the firearms Flowers was licensed to use.
