TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A Tallahassee man was arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and threatening her with a machete, according to court documents.
Court records show Deven Mason is charged with sexual battery with a weapon and false imprisonment.
Tallahassee man accused of sexual assault, threatening woman with machete, court documents show(Leon County Jail)
On October 28, officers arrived at a gas station after an employee reported the victim came into the store saying she had been attacked.
The victim told police she ran out of minutes on her cell phone and a friend suggested she sell some property for money to buy more minutes, arrest papers show.
The friend took her to Mason’s house, saying he would make the purchase. When she arrived, the victim told police Mason started asking about her ex-boyfriend.
She told police she was pushed inside a trailer on the property and grabbed a machete. He then allegedly pushed her down and assaulted her. According to arrest papers, the victim said she fought Mason and ran to the trailer door before he grabbed her and assaulted her a second time.
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She was able to escape and ran to the gas station where she told the employee about the assault, according to arrest documents.
Court records show she had multiple injuries consistent with her account of the assault.
She told police she believed Mason assaulted her in retaliation for another person who was arrested for previously sexually battering her, arrest papers show.
When police made contact with Mason, he had fresh scratches consistent with the victim’s description of her fighting back. Arrest papers show he also had orange paint on his hands and a machete found on the property had been freshly painted orange.
Court records show Mason had an active warrant out of Gadsden County for grand theft of a motor vehicle. Arrest papers revealed prior arrests for robbery with a weapon, grand theft of a motor vehicle, theft, batter, resisting an officer and possession of a controlled substance.
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