Pedicab driver honored for stopping sexual assault in downtown Ausitn

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A pedicab driver’s quick thinking in 2016 stopped a sexual assault in progress on the streets of downtown Austin. On Thursday, he is being honored by the Austin Police Department.
Austin police said Luis Palos heard the woman’s cries of pain near the United States Courthouse on Fourth Street around 1 a.m. on May 19. Riding up on the situation, Palos began to question the suspect, identified by police as Said Yarow, who said the victim was his girlfriend.
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