BY DAN HILDEBRAN
Rashaun Gray, 23, of Ocoee, was arrested by Bradford deputies on August 26 for traveling to lure a child to engage in illegal sexual conduct.
According to an arrest report, a 911 caller told dispatchers he had a home intruder held at gunpoint.
When deputies arrived on the scene, they issued callouts to the occupants of the home, and the caller emerged, telling officers the intruder and a girl were still inside.
After deputies cleared the home and detained Gray, an underage female in the house told deputies her boyfriend, the defendant, drove from Central Florida to visit her, and she snuck him into her bedroom.
“(Redacted) advised she sneaked Rashaun inside the house through the side door and stayed inside her room. (She) advised she went to use the restroom. (Redacted) went to check on her and to her surprise, located Rashaun inside (the girl’s) bedroom.”
When the family member yelled for help, the 911 caller ran to the room with his pistol, struck the defendant in the face with the weapon, and held him at gunpoint until deputies arrived.
“(The girl) was asked if Rashaun and her had sexual intercourse,” wrote a deputy in the arrest report. “(She) replied yes, and then retracted her statement saying, ‘we only kissed.’ She was asked if Rashaun knew her age. (The girl) replied, yes, and then retracted her statement saying, ‘we communicated through an app and I lied about my age being 18 or 19 years old.’”
