{"id":10538,"date":"2025-10-19T02:38:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T02:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/10538\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T02:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T02:38:37","slug":"east-orlando-on-alert-after-man-accused-of-attacking-jogger-released-on-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/10538\/","title":{"rendered":"East Orlando on alert after man accused of attacking jogger released on bond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORANGE COUNTY, Fla \u2013 Residents and users of the Little Econ Greenway Trail say they are on edge after 23-year-old Jacoby Vontrell Tillman, accused of attacking a woman on the trail, was released on $9,500 bond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The State Attorney\u2019s Office has characterized Tillman as a danger to the community. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Prosecutors have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2025\/10\/17\/motion-filed-to-revoke-bond-for-man-accused-of-trying-to-rape-woman-on-orange-county-trail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2025\/10\/17\/motion-filed-to-revoke-bond-for-man-accused-of-trying-to-rape-woman-on-orange-county-trail\/\">filed a motion seeking<\/a> to revoke his bond, alleging he violated the terms of his release by contacting a witness. Tillman faces multiple charges, including attempted sexual battery, battery by strangulation and false imprisonment. An attempted first-degree murder charge has since been added to his court docket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">An arrest affidavit states that Tillman reportedly told his mother after the incident, \u201cI didn\u2019t rape the lady, I was trying to kill the lady,\u201d according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[VIDEO: Motion filed to revoke bond for man accused of trying to rape woman on Orange County trail]<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">News 6 spoke with people using the trail, many of whom expressed shock and concern. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThere was an attack here. Oh my!\u201d one trail user said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Another added, \u201cIt\u2019s crazy. I didn\u2019t think that anything like that would happen here with so much people around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">News 6 found a sign with safety guidance along the trail. It says to buddy up and travel with a friend and to carry a cell phone, so you can communicate, and to plan your route and inform others of your destination and be aware of your surroundings,\u201d\u00a0 among other tips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[VIDEO: Man accused in Little Econ Greenway trail attack released on bond]<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Deputies said it took several months to find and arrest Tillman after the summer attack. His defense attorney has argued that he is not a flight risk. Despite those arguments, Tillman currently remains free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Whether Tillman will be taken back into custody will likely be decided in court as prosecutors pursue revocation of his bond.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORANGE COUNTY, Fla \u2013 Residents and users of the Little Econ Greenway Trail say they are on edge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[265,1335,139,141,140],"class_list":{"0":"post-10538","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-orange-county","10":"tag-orlando","11":"tag-orlando-headlines","12":"tag-orlando-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}