A 26-year-old Palm Harbor man has been charged with felony kidnapping and sexually battering a teen girl he met on a public bus last month in Clearwater.
Isaac Fredericks met the 16-year-old victim on the bus and began following her home June 11, according to Clearwater Police. The incident took place around 9:45 p.m. in a wooded area north of Drew Street, between Keene Road and Hercules Avenue, officials said.
The girl was able to give detectives a description of her attacker as well as his first name, which he gave her on the bus.
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Detectives pulled video from the bus and established Fredericks as the suspect.
Fredericks is being held in the Pinellas County Jail on $160,000 bond.
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This post was reported and written by Patch Associate Regional Editor Jason Bartolone. Â
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