SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Newly obtained video shows the moment deputies with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office found and arrested a suspect after a woman was sexually assaulted on the Seminole Wekiva Trail in August.
Patrick Gamache, 20, was taken into custody the day after the attack when a report shows a man matching the suspect’s description was spotted in the same area near Interstate 4 and State Road 434.
News 6 has been following this story since August, when deputies responded to the reported sexual battery. The victim told them the man attacked her from behind, placed his hands over her mouth and across her chest, and forced her to the ground. The assault lasted three to five minutes before a witness interrupted what was happening, according to an arrest report for Gamache.
This week, the Office of the State Attorney for the 18th Circuit released video to News 6 through a public records request that was recorded by a body-worn camera, a camera inside a sheriff’s office vehicle and an FDOT camera.
Around 9 a.m. on Aug. 19, deputies approached Gamache, who was still in the area about 17 hours after the assault. Gamache can be seen shirtless and shoeless and standing on the I-4 eastbound entrance ramp near S.R. 434.
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“What happened?” Gamache can be heard asking as deputies handcuff him and instruct him to face a patrol car.
They search him for weapons and ask for his name.
“Nobody’s gonna tell me what’s going on here?” Gamache asks. “We’re conducting an investigation. We’ll tell you in a minute buddy,” a deputy replies.
Deputies stopped Gamache because they say he matched the description of the suspect from the trail assault. The arrest report describes him as a slender Black male with twist-style hair and states he had a scooter and red shirt.
A picture shared by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office after the attack, shows the scooter and shirt at the scene. Video shows when deputies arrested Gamache, he was wearing red shorts that appeared to match the shirt that was left behind.
“...very identifiable shirt,” one deputy says. “So, pretty positive it’s him.”
While detectives continued their investigation, the deputies run a quick background check on Gamache and discover he has a warrant out of state for marijuana possession.
“He has a warrant out of Georgia,” says a deputy.
Deputies also ask Gamache why he’s in Seminole County.
“He said he was hitchhiking,” a deputy explains. “He said he was trying to get back to Jacksonville.”
They also ask where he came from and learn Gamache had recently been released from custody in South Florida.
“What brings you down here from Jacksonville?” a deputy asks.
“I got out from Miami-Dade County five days ago,” Gamache responds.
“Jail?” the deputy replies.
“Yeah,” Gamache says.
News 6 obtained an arrest affidavit for Gamache from the Miami-Dade County Clerk of Courts. It states that Gamache was arrested after a robbery in 2023. A woman told officers she was on her way to make a transaction at a bank when a man forcefully snatched $1,700 in cash from her hand.
Online court records show the case was closed on Aug. 12, 2025, just six days before the assault in Seminole County.
Gamache is being held at the jail on a $50,000 bond and faces a charge of sexual battery, a first-degree felony.
His attorney filed a motion asking for his bond to be reduced, which was denied by a judge in January. Court documents also show that a competency evaluation is pending.
Gamache’s next hearing is Feb. 25. He has pleaded not guilty.
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