TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) — A Florida man allegedly strangled, battered, and threatened a college student off-campus for several days near the University of South Florida.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says on Thursday, March 26, deputies responded to the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida after a student had reported that they were battered, strangled and threatened with a knife at an off-campus location.
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While on the scene, detectives learned the suspect, Ashtin Andreasen, had an active warrant issued by USF police for strangulation and false imprisonment involving the same victim, the sheriff’s office says.
The following day, Andreasen was taken into custody. He now faces multiple felony charges, which include aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, battery by strangulation, battery, false imprisonment and tampering with a witness.