Police: Man admits to kidnapping, sexually assaulting girl in Fort Lauderdale
MIAMI - The Fort Lauderdale Police Department in collaboration with the Broward Sheriff's Office announced the arrest of a man they said is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.
Rondel McDonald, faced a judge Wednesday after being accused of kidnapping a girl at gunpoint as she was walking to a friend's house early Tuesday morning. Investigators said he sexually assaulted her.
"When he produced a firearm, she mentioned she was so scared, didn't know what to do, she was scared for her life and she got in the vehicle," said Fort Lauderdale SVU Detective Sgt. Hector Martinez. He continued, "He drove her a short distance away where he proceeded to sexually assault her."
He's also accused of trying to lure another girl into his car in Fort Lauderdale by Stranahan High School on August 29th.
"She was approached by a vehicle, who demanded that she enter the vehicle, she refused, the subject turned around, tried again, she refused again at that point he produced a firearm," said Martinez.
The girl got away and there's a third case. That one in Pompano Beach, also on the 29th near Ely High School. In that case. the modus operandi was the same, he tried to get a teenage girl into his car at gunpoint.
"She was extremely brave and was able to run away without being injured or entering that vehicle," said BSO SVU Sgt. Yanesa Arya.
In these cases, victims reported he was in a gray car and drawings of the suspect appeared similar. After collaborating, BSO and Fort Lauderdale Police realized they were looking for the same guy.
McDonald is being held with no bond at the Broward County Jail. Police say he confessed to all three cases.
