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Volusia Sheriff’s Office stops rape attempt after 911 ‘pizza’ call
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Volusia Sheriff’s Office stops rape attempt after 911 ‘pizza’ call

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Deputies stopped an alleged attempted rape in Pierson early Saturday after a woman secretly notified officers she was in trouble by pretending to order a pizza, according to a Facebook post by Sheriff Mike Chitwood. Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

Around 4 a.m., a woman called 911 and asked to order pizza. The dispatcher asked her if she knew she called 911 and she said yes. In the tense discussion that followed, the woman did her best without warning the person next to her.

Since he couldn’t provide an address, the sheriff’s office was able to connect his cellphone to a field in Pierson, a rural area with lots of ferns. hedge tree in question.

“Deputies went out on foot and began searching for these ferns. They eventually heard loud music coming from a field. When they approached the sound, they discovered a male on top of a screaming female,” Chitwood said.

The sheriff’s office released video showing the woman calling for help as rescue crews arrived.

“He’s trying to rape me. Can you help me?” she screams.

He cries as deputies handcuff the man and console him.

“We are here now. OK,” says a member of parliament. “Hey, we’re here. We’re here… Just hold your breath.”

According to the post, deputies arrested 27-year-old Luis Diego Hernandez-Moncayo on charges of attempted sexual battery, battery by strangulation and false imprisonment. He is being held without bail.

He is in the country illegally and the US Border Patrol has an immigration detention officer on him.

According to the post, Hernandez-Moncayo reportedly applied for asylum the day before the incident.

The two men knew each other and planned to have a few drinks at the fern, Chitwood said.

“However, during this trip the man used some cocaine and the woman said he did a 180 and wouldn’t let her go and tried to rape her,” Chitwood said. he said.