Man arrested in attempted rape of runner on Little Econ Greenway Trail, deputies say

The Brief

  • A 23-year-old Orlando man was arrested months after a woman was choked and attacked while running the Little Econ Trail.
  • Jacoby Vontrell Tillman is charged with attempted sexual battery, battery by strangulation, and false imprisonment.
  • According to the arrest report, detectives say he confessed to wanting “to know what it was like to choke someone out.”

ORLANDO, Fla. A man accused of attacking and attempting to sexually assault a runner on the Little Econ Greenway Trail in July “wanted to know what it was like to choke someone out,” according to an arrest affidavit released by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Jacoby Vontrell Tillman, 23, was arrested on Thursday and charged in connection with the incident.

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