A Florida woman was able to fend off a potential sexual assault by telling the armed assailant that “he would have to shoot her first,” according to authorities.
The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said this week that the retort shocked 29-year-old suspect Donovan Tyler Adkins — who had his genitals exposed at the time — and gave the woman time to scream for help.
He was later arrested and charged with multiple crimes related to robbery, firearm and sexual-assault offenses. He is being held on a no-bond status. Mr. Adkins was pretending to talk to someone on the phone to make his case appear more legitimate, according to authorities, when he ordered the woman to go into the woods while her boyfriend stayed put.
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