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Hospital Worker Charged in Serial Rapes
Suspect Drugged Women Before Assaults, Cops Say
Nov. 17, 2000
By Cathy Scott
LAS VEGAS (APBnews.com) -- Police have identified a third victim in what they are calling serial rape assaults against drugged and unconscious women.
Clarence "Jim" Dozier, 40, of Las Vegas, was arrested this week and charged with 11 counts of sexual assault and one count each of attempted involuntary manslaughter, kidnapping and administering a drug during a crime.
"His MO is consistent with that of a serial rapist," Detective Tim Moniot told APBnews.com today.
Police say they have no idea on how long the assaults have continued or how high the victim count would get.
"We're still looking for victims," Moniot said.
Woman calls for help
Moniot said police arrested Dozier, an assistant operating room technician at hospitals throughout the Las Vegas valley, after a 38-year-old woman called police on Wednesday and said she thought she had been drugged and possibly raped.
Dozier was home when officers arrived, Moniot said, and investigators at the scene confiscated a camera and videotape allegedly showing the suspect sexually assaulting the unconscious woman.
Dozier does not have a previous record of sexual assault offenses, Moniot said.
"He's not the kind of guy you would point at as the type to commit this kind of crime," he said.
More victims sought
Dozier would "surreptitiously" administer a drug to women he knew, then assault them, sexual assault unit Lt. Tom Monahan said in a news release Thursday. None of the rapes occurred in hospitals, as far as police know.
"Police are aware of at least three victims," Monahan said.
Detective Kurt Sullivan, also with the sexual assault unit, noted that "if and when we find other victims, we'll add more counts to the charges."
Police have interviewed two victims, and a third has been tentatively identified, Sullivan said.
Suspect knew victims
Dozier is a cardiac technician for Edward Cardiovascular Resources with operating room access privileges at hospitals since 1988, Rick Plummer, a spokesman for University Medical Center, told APBnews.com today.
"He works at all the hospitals in Las Vegas," Plummer said. "He runs the heart and lung machine during operations."
Plummer said he did not believe any of the victims were hospital employees, but said he was not yet sure. Police are not saying which drugs Dozier used or from where he got them.
The victims were "acquaintances" of the suspect, Moniot said.
Dozier was being held in the Clark County Detention Center on $113,000 bail. He was scheduled to make his first appearance in Clark County Justice Court later today.