An officer from the Holmes Beach Police Department responded Sept. 18 to a report of sexual battery at a property in the 500 block of 72nd Street.
The officer found the complainant, a woman who said her friend had been sexually assaulted by an unnamed man in his 30s who had driven them home from a bar in a red Mustang.
The woman told the officer the man assaulted her in the property’s laundry room before leaving the area.
However, she told police she was leaving the following day and did not want them to investigate.
The officer left the property and ended his investigation.
Sexual battery is a first-degree felony under Florida law, punishable with up to 30 years in prison, 30 years of probation and a fine of up to $10,000.
— Ryan Paice