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A teenage boy in Florida admittedly sexually assaulted a 91-year-old woman earlier this year, court records filed this week show.
Jesse Stone, 14, broke into the home of the nonagenarian victim over the summer, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
The woman woke up around midnight and saw someone “sneaking through her home,” the sheriff’s office said in a press release.
Then, the adolescent criminal brutally attacked his victim.
“In a cruel act of violence, she was beaten and sexually battered,” Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said at the time.
The incident occurred on June 9, near the town of Reddick — a tiny town some 90 miles northwest of Orlando.
In the immediate aftermath of the shocking incident, law enforcement offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
By June 17, the assailant was in custody.