Police Capture Suspected Rapist
April 12th, 2009 | 
Author: This is a creepy dude. Hopefully, he will go away for a long, long time.
Read the entire story at the Daily Commercial:
Accused rapist Robert Joseph Taylor. Courtesy of the Daily Commercial.
Police have picked up a suspect in the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl in her home early Friday morning, apparently after having to use a stun gun on him.
Robert Joseph Taylor, 40, was picked up about 12:15 p.m. Friday in Fruitland Park after police received a tip he was renting a room there.
Lady Lake police Lt. Lori Davis said Taylor initially resisted arrest when police reached him and officers had to use Tasers to get him under control.
Davis said the man apparently was intoxicated at the time of the alleged rape, but had sobered up by the time officers arrested him.
Taylor, of Fruitland Park, was charged with sexual battery, battery and burglary. He is being held in the Lake County jail in lieu of $47,000 bail.
According to police, the victim had been acquainted with the suspect. The victim told investigators the man knocked on her door about 1:30 a.m. Friday looking for her mother’s boyfriend. When she opened the door the man forced his way into the home, knowing she was alone, and allegedly raped and beat her…
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