The Amtrak logo on the side of the dining car of an Amtrak train stopped at the railroad depot in Lamy, New Mexico, near Santa Fe. Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, which carries passengers between Chicago and Los Angeles, stops daily at the small Lamy station to pick up and drop off passengers. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
BERKELEY, California. – According to police, an attempted rape occurred at an Amtrak station in Fairfield on Tuesday.
Solano News Net first reported the attack, which occurred at the Fairfield-Vacaville station in Fairfield.
A Fairfield police spokesman said officers were called to the station about 11:19 a.m. for a woman in distress. Officers said a sexual assault was in progress when a security guard from a nearby school intervened and chased the suspect until he caught him near the station tunnel.
“We can confirm that the incident did not occur on board a train, although it did occur at the station,” the police department said.
The suspect, 53-year-old Terrance Royston Sr., was arrested and booked into the Solano County Jail on sexual assault charges.
The victim and her husband were also attacked by Royston and taken to a local hospital, police said.
Before the incident, Royston had attempted to rob a passenger getting off the train.
