According to detectives, the man was on a date with the young woman when he became aggressive, sexually assaulted and choked her repeatedly.<\/p>\n
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 St. Petersburg police detectives said a woman’s report of sexual assault on a date led them to Illinois to make an arrest. Now, police believe there may be more victims in the Tampa Bay area.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police said Joshua Abercrombie, 21, was taken into custody on Jan. 29 in Will County, Illinois, on an arrest warrant stemming from the case reported in St. Pete.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Detectives said Abercrombie met the woman through a social media app, and they decided to meet up late in November.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“During their date, he became aggressive and sexually assaulted and choked her repeatedly,” detectives said.<\/p>\n
Abercrombie is now charged with sexual battery.<\/p>\n
“Detectives believe there could be additional victims who have not yet come forward and are urging them to contact police,” St. Pete police said, noting that information can be provided confidentially.<\/p>\n
If you have any information related to the case, or if you believe you may have had contact with Abercrombie, the St. Pete police urge you to contact them at 727-893-7780. You can also text SPPD along with tip information to TIP411.<\/p>\n
The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay can be reached by calling 211 for support in instances of sexual assault, domestic violence, financial distress, substance abuse or suicidal thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to detectives, the man was on a date with the young woman when he became aggressive, sexually…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-141243","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-st-pete","9":"tag-st-pete-headlines","10":"tag-st-pete-news","11":"tag-st-petersburg","12":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","13":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141243","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=141243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}