suspect arrested in attacks targeting asian women

In San Diego, police have arrested 39-year-old Thomas Parker, a suspect in a string of home invasions and sexual assaults that targeted Asian women: San Diego man arrested in attacks targeting Asian women.

According to authorities, Parker was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of assault with intent to commit rape, robbery, burglary and false imprisonment. The woman in this attack is white.

The victim was apparently a marathon runner who chased Parker after fighting him off, and off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agents assisted in the arrest. Sounds like this guy really messed with the wrong woman.

Parker will be charged in the attack and that of six Asian women stretching back to June 2008. DNA tests reportedly linked him to the other attacks.

In most of the cases, the victims had only recently returned home and were confronted by a man who brandished a knife and demanded money. The attacker often sneaked into the women's homes through an open garage.

Parker has been booked in county jail in downtown San Diego. More on his arrest here: Woman runs after, helps nab attacker.