Suspect charged with sexual assault and robbery at Kansas home

JOHNSON COUNTY — A suspect accused of sexual assault and robbery has appeared in court for the first time.

A man was charged with sexual assault Tuesday in Overland Park, Kansas.

According to the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office, on November 21, Gabriel Pascaul Hernandez, 37, was charged with rape, two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, aggravated burglary and theft.

The incident occurred just after 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 19 at a home near W. 97th Street and Reeder in Overland Park, according to Overland Park Police Officer John Lacy.

The victim did not know the suspect, but was able to describe him as a stocky, clean-shaven man in his late twenties to early thirties. He was last seen wearing a black jacket and a black beanie-like hat.

Emergency medical services transported the victim to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Overland Park Police Department, with assistance from the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department, arrested the suspect.

Online jail records show Hernandez is scheduled to return to court on December 5.