Police respond to reports of sexual assaults at different Ocean Boulevard hotels

Myrtle Beach police were called about two separate incidents involving sexual assaults over the weekend, according to police reports.

Officers were called about 6 a.m. Saturday to a hotel on the 6900 block of North Ocean Boulevard, where a victim, whose age was not listed, reported that a sexual assault happened at a different hotel, police said.

The victim told police she was walking southbound on the beach from the hotel on the 6900 block of North Ocean Boulevard with a friend who is on vacation with her.

The victim said they walked up to a hotel, but didn’t know the name or address, and asked a man at the back desk who appeared to work there if they could use the hotel hot tub, authorities said.

The victim said while they were in the hot tub a man came up and told them they had to leave. The victim said she told the man she did not know where her purse was, and the man said he knew and to follow him, police said.

The victim said she followed the suspect into a stairwell where her jeans and underwear were removed and the suspect was “on top of her,” according to the report.

Police said the victim was taken to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center where an investigator followed up with her.

No arrests were made in connection with the incident as of Tuesday morning.

Officers were also called about a sexual assault around 5:19 a.m. Sunday to a hotel on the 2500 block of South Ocean Boulevard where a victim, whose age was not listed, reported she was raped at a different hotel, according to the report.

The victim said that she was in a room about 4 a.m. at a hotel at 2701 S. Ocean Blvd. with the suspect and a witness and later said “she felt she had been raped,” according to the report.

The victim was taken to the hospital for an examination. Detectives and crime scene investigators responded to the scene and interviewed the suspect and witness.

Police said the investigation is still ongoing. No arrests had been made in connection with the incident as of Tuesday morning.

This story was originally published July 7, 2015 at 8:49 AM with the headline "Police respond to reports of sexual assaults at different Ocean Boulevard hotels."