{"id":63136,"date":"2015-05-07T10:20:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T17:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=63136"},"modified":"2015-05-07T17:08:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T00:08:15","slug":"girl-allegedly-sexually-assaulted-near-lancaster-school-suspect-caught","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/05\/07\/girl-allegedly-sexually-assaulted-near-lancaster-school-suspect-caught\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl allegedly sexually assaulted near Lancaster school, suspect caught"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It took several deputies and a Taser to restrain and place 41-year-old Joseph Cornett into custody following an alleged sexual assault in Lancaster Wednesday, May 6. He was booked at the Lancaster Station jail in lieu of $100,000 bail. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A 41-year-old man was arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly luring a girl into his car by posing as law enforcement and then sexually assaulting the girl in an abandoned mobile classroom across the street from Lancaster Baptist School, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Joseph Cornett<\/strong> was captured after his vehicle got stuck in the desert about 300 yards away from where the alleged assault took place, according to Sgt. Brian Hudson of the Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s Special Victims Bureau. Hudson said the attack occurred sometime between 3:30 and 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 6.<\/p>\n

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The victim was allegedly sexually assaulted in an abandoned mobile classroom on a lot in the 4000 block of East Lancaster Boulevard, officials said.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cA 15-year-old female was walking in the area of 20th<\/sup> Street East and Avenue J when the suspect drove up to her in a vehicle. He made statements to her that made her believe that he might be a law enforcement official,\u201d Hudson said. \u201cHe coerced her into getting into his vehicle under the guise that he was going to give her a ride home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The assailant instead drove the victim to a lot in the 4000 block of East Lancaster Boulevard where there are several abandoned mobile classrooms, according to Hudson.<\/p>\n

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The victim broke free and ran into the parking lot of Lancaster Baptist School for help. The assailant chased the victim into the parking lot and then he fled in his vehicle by driving into the desert, officials said. (LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHe took her into one of the trailers where he sexually assaulted her,\u201d Hudson said. \u201cDuring the course of the assault she managed to break free and run into the parking lot of Lancaster Baptist. She basically ran up to people that were leaving the parking lot and she was able to have them summon help for her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hudson said the assailant first chased the victim into the parking lot, but then he retreated to his vehicle and tried to escape by driving through the desert.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe got about 300 yards away from where the assault took place and then his car got stuck,\u201d Hudson said. \u201cThat\u2019s where responding deputies from Lancaster Station took him into custody \u2013 while he was still in his vehicle in the desert.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The vehicle, which had a North Carolina license plate, got stuck in the desert about 300 yards away from where the alleged assault took place, officials said. (LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cornett resisted arrest, and deputies had to use a Taser to subdue him, according to a Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station crime broadcast.<\/p>\n

The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very fortunate that she was able to break free and summon these Good Samaritans to come to her aid,\u201d Hudson said, adding that it was the Good Samaritans who directed deputies to Cornett\u2019s location.<\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 A 41-year-old man was arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly luring a girl into his car by posing as law enforcement and then sexually assaulting the girl in an abandoned mobile classroom across the street from Lancaster Baptist School, authorities said. Joseph Cornett was captured after his vehicle got stuck in the desert about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":63130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}