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UPDATE (May
21, 2010)
: Tallahassee
Sexual Battery Task Force Charges Jake Butler in Second Case
The Sexual Battery Task
Force, comprised of members from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Leon
County Sheriff’s Office, Tallahassee Police Department,
and the
Office of the State Attorney, 2nd Judicial Circuit, today charged
Jake Butler, 25, of Tallahassee, with the April 13 sexual battery
that occurred in Killearn Acres. Butler is charged with one count of kidnapping
to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony and one count of sexual
battery with a deadly weapon.
Authorities previously arrested Butler on Wednesday and
charged him with the sexual battery that occurred May 14 at a Delaney Drive
apartment. The female victim reported the then unidentified suspect presented
himself as a maintenance worker who then attacked her once in her apartment.
FDLE’s Crime Lab tested the DNA left at the scene
of the April 13 and May 14 sexual batteries and determined that the same person
committed both acts.
The victim on Delaney Drive was
able to provide a suspect description and assist with a composite sketch of the
suspect. Butler
was developed as a possible suspect and a photo line-up including the defendant
was created. The victim positively identified the defendant as her attacker.
Upon Butler’s arrest on Wednesday, authorities
executed a search warrant for his DNA and it was sent to FDLE for comparison to
the DNA profiles left in the two cases. Butler’s DNA profile was positively matched to
the suspect DNA profile in one of the Killearn Acres and the Delaney Drive
cases.
The Task Force continues to investigate the sexual
battery that occurred May 1 in Killearn Acres. Butler is considered a
suspect in the case. He is currently being held in the Leon County Jail.
Killearn Acres Sex Crimes Task Force
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the
Tallahassee Police Department have joined with the Leon County Sheriff’s Office
to create an investigative Task Force which will focus on two reported sexual
batteries which recently occurred in the Killearn Acres neighborhood.
This Task Force will be focused
on the following:
• Identify and arrest the suspect, or suspects, who are responsible for these
crimes.
• Indentify, evaluate and process any forensic
evidence collected at each scene.
• Use the information and any forensic
evidence obtained during this investigation to identify suspects.
• Determine if these crimes were committed by
the same suspect.
• Implement a sex crime counter measure plan
to prevent future sexual batteries.
In addition to these investigative efforts the Leon County Sheriff’s Office
is committed to providing as much information as possible to the public about
these crimes and this investigation. Protecting the identity of a person who is
the victim of a sex crime and providing public safety information to citizens
about a reported crime in their area is of paramount importance. Any information
which may assist citizens with personal safety efforts or serve to further this
investigation will be released.
Contact the Leon County Sheriff’s Office Crime Prevention Unit
at (850) 922-3331 to arrange for a residential security survey of your home.
This service is provided free of charge and will provide you with crime
prevention advice specific
to your home. Also the Crime Prevention Unit will provide you with
information on becoming a member of an existing Neighborhood Crime Watch group
or starting one.
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