Florida man kidnapped, assaulted and robbed 2 women he met online: cops
Feb. 6 2022, Published 1:10 p.m. ET
A Florida man is accused of kidnapping and assaulting two women he met online, authorities said.
Jamall Rasheem Brown, 24, was charged with aggravated battery, petit theft, robbery, sexual battery, robbery with a firearm, kidnapping with a firearm, false imprisonment and sexual battery with a firearm in connection to the incident, according to the Orange County inmate records.
Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputies began their investigation on Nov. 29, after a 26-year-old Tampa woman told detectives she met Brown online. She agreed to travel to Orlando to meet Brown for sex in exchange for money, according to ClickOrlando.com
The woman told deputies they went to a park, where Brown reportedly became violent hit the woman in the head and face, the report noted. He also prevented her from leaving the vehicle and demanded money.
The woman said Brown took her phone and tried to use the device to send himself money using a Cash App. The victim said Brown forced her into the back seat and had sex, according to ClickOrlando.com.
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She told authorities she escaped and Brown ran off after he tossed the victim’s phone, according to the report. Investigators said the victim identified Brown in a photo lineup.
Detectives with the Orange County Sheriff's Office said a similar scenario played out when Brown and a 23-year-old woman met online and agreed to meet to have sex on Dec. 30
The arrest report says the woman drove her car and Brown directed her to Bayshore Drive in Orlando. There, Brown and the victim started to have consensual sex. That was until the woman told Brown to stop, and he put a gun to her head and said "you're going to do this me or you're going to pay me," according to the report.
The victim says he took $200 from her purse, then directed her to drive him to Westmoreland Drive and West Colonial Drive, where he got out of the car, according to WESH 2 News.
Brown was booked into the Orange County jail, and was ordered held without bail.
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