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Police: Teen Climbs In Girl's Bed, Forces Pill In Mouth

POSTED: Saturday, December 17, 2005
UPDATED: 10:37 am EST December 19, 2005

A 19-year-old in Central Florida is accused of breaking into a 9-year-old girl's bedroom, getting into bed with her and then trying to force a pill down her throat, according to a police report.

  • Joshua Hawkes, 19.

    Lake County sheriff's deputies responded to a home in Eustis, Fla., at about 4:35 a.m. Saturday after a woman noticed a man on her daughter's bedroom camera monitor. She said she heard her daughter crying on the monitor.

    When sheriff's deputies arrived, the girl told them the intruder climbed into her bed wearing only underwear and held her down with his legs.

    She said he then tried to get her to ingest a pill, according to the police report.

    Lake County officers determined that the person in the bedroom was likely Joshua Hawkes, 19, and traveled to his home.

    A deputy entered Hawkes home in Eustis and tried to get him to leave his bedroom.

    When the 19-year-old refused to leave his bed, he was shocked with a Taser gun and taken into custody.

    As Hawkes was being transported to the alleged victim's house for a positive ID, he escaped from a police cruiser.

    Hawkes was shocked with a Taser gun again near some woods and taken into custody.

    After an investigation, it was determined that Hawkes put some sort of antibiotic pill in the 9-year-old girl's mouth.

    Hawkes was transported to the Lake County Jail.

    He faces several charges, including lewd and lascivious actions against a child under 14 years old, burglary and resisting arrest.

    Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

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