A man who was stabbed for allegedly trying to rape a woman in the Four Corners area last week has now been charged with sexually molesting an 11-year-old girl in Mount Dora, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.
Robert Jamell Pascual, 22, of Clermont moved to an unknown apartment complex in that city after he covered the girl’s mouth in Mount Dora, told her he’d hurt her and “dragged her down the hallway,” according to an arrest report.
Pascual was charged with attempted rape and burglary last week when deputies said he entered the car of a woman around midnight, pulled her hair, struck her head and forced her to take off her pants and underwear.
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Deputies took down interview notes down from the 11-year-old in July at the Children’s Advocacy Center in Leesburg, 35 miles northwest of Orlando.
They noted that as he dragged her down the hallway, “she grabbed onto her father’s door and that’s when [Pascual] let go of her and she proceeded to tell her mother,” who later gave authorities Pascual’s name.
Operating on the tip that he moved to an apartment complex in Clermont, deputies searched for Pascual but were unable to find him and the case was put on hold.
But last week, Pascual’s alleged behavior took the notice of several witnesses at Ashton Chase Apartments off of U.S. Highway 27 southwest of Orlando.
When he got into the woman’s car, she grabbed a knife she kept in a storage compartment and started stabbing the man, deputies said. She was able to lock him out the car when she drove away and called 911.
Deputies on the scene were able to follow a blood trail to a stairwell, where Pascual was found with stab wounds that matched the description given by the woman.
Pascual was transported Tuesday from Orange County to the Lake County Jail, where he is being held without bond.
A violent attack near the Four Corners area in Lake County early Thursday ended with a woman stabbing a man who allegedly tried to rape her.
A violent attack near the Four Corners area in Lake County early Thursday ended with a woman stabbing a man who allegedly tried to rape her.
A violent attack near the Four Corners area in Lake County early Thursday ended with a woman stabbing a man who allegedly tried to rape her.
A violent attack near the Four Corners area in Lake County early Thursday ended with a woman stabbing a man who allegedly tried to rape her.
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