Alleged rape suspect arrested linked to attack in Palm Springs

A 54-year-old man was arrested on suspicionhe raped a woman, authorities said.

Police responded to a report of a sexual assault at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday inthe 500 block of West San Rafael Drive, where a woman told them she wasattacked by transient Steven Michael Evans, Palm Springs police Sgt. HarveyReed said.

At 1:20 p.m. Thursday, Evans was arrested in the 300 block of South PalmCanyon Drive on suspicion of rape by force, battery, damaging a wirelesscommunication device and violation of probation, Reed said.

He was booked at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning.