Lt. Bill Bamford, of the Davie police, said Anthony Roberts followed a woman home from work Tuesday night.
“As she’s unlocking the door, he pulls out a gun, puts it to the back of her head and forces her into his apartment. Once inside the apartment, he asks her if she has any cash, credit cards or an ATM card,” Bamford said.
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The woman had no cash, so Roberts said he would take a check made out in his name, police said.
“He demands that she write a check. She writes him a check for $1,400 in his own name. He then binds her with duct tape, brings her into a bedroom, and at some point he decides he’s going to sexually batter this woman,” Bamford said.
Davie police said Roberts fled the apartment complex and the woman called 911.
Roberts went to the Check Cashing Store about a mile away from the apartment, police said. A clerk there called the victim to find out if the $1,400 check was valid, and police were at the other end of the line.
“Officers respond. This man takes flight out of the store. After a brief foot chase, he was apprehended,” Bamford said.
Roberts, who is from the Bahamas, remained in jail Thursday.
“If it wasn’t for the fact that this woman was sexually battered, this would go down as one of the stupidest crimes in Davie history,” Bamford said.
Roberts will be charged with sexual battery, armed robbery, kidnapping, aggravated assault and resisting arrest, police said.
Source: NBC6.net
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