Arrest made in Fort Lauderdale kidnapping, sexual battery
FORT LAUDERDALE - A man suspected of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman has been taken into custody.
Louvensky Accime, 24, has been charged with two counts of robbery with a firearm, two counts of kidnapping, two counts of armed robbery-carjacking, aggravated battery, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
On Saturday, August 12th, a woman was sitting in a car in the 100 block of SW 3rd Avenue talking to a man when Accime, who was armed with a gun, came up to her window, according to Fort Lauderdale police.
He then "demanded the male victim's property," according to a statement from police, and ordered the man to get in the car and drive.
Accime, who also got in, threatened to kill them if they didn't do what he said.
According to police, at one point, the man jumped out of the driver's seat while the car was moving, leaving the gunman with the woman.
Investigators say he drove the woman around for two hours.
He reportedly pistol-whipped the woman's head until she temporarily lost consciousness.
He's also accused of striking the woman in her genital area with the gun as a threat and demanded that she do what he wanted.
They drove to a Bank of America to try and take money out of her account through the ATM.
When he was unable to get the cash, surveillance video shows that he became extremely violent with the woman and choked her neck.
The two got back in the car and drove a bit more.
He left her at an unknown location near I-95, according to police, taking her shoes and cell phone.
The woman and the car were later found on I-95 near Oakland Park Boulevard.
Police identified Accime as their suspect and then found him in jail.
He was arrested by the Broward Sheriff's Office on August 15, 2023, on unrelated charges, he was being held without bond.
Police are not saying what lead them to Accime.
"All I can say is it was exhaustive investigative means. We really can't go into the details of how we identified him but it was through investigative technology," said Fort Lauderdale Police Spokeswoman Casey Liening.
The female victim told police she was raped. Accime has not been charged with sexual battery at this point.
"This investigation is still very much on going and we do anticipate additional charges as a result of this investigation to include the aspect of the sexual battery," Liening said.
Initially detectives were checking to see if he might be involved with similar carjacking August 18th.
"We know for a fact that the suspect that we are charging for the first incident is not responsible for the second incident because he was in BSO custody at the time," Liening said.