By John Conrad
Dec 31, 2020
Winter Haven, Fl. (Florida News Network)- Polk County Sheriff s Office arrested 37-year-old Thomas Lee Simmons of Winter Haven Tuesday for Armed Sexual Battery, Armed Robbery , Grand Theft, Dealing in Stolen Property, and False Information to a Law Enforcement Officer.
The victim called 911 from the Stay Plus Inn in Haines City. He told detectives he had been communicating with an unknown man, who turned out to be Simmons, on a dating website and had arranged to meet Simmons at the hotel. The meeting did not go as planned.
According to the affidavit, the victim told detectives, the suspect came into the room, he pulled out a fixed blade knife with a brown handle from a sheath attached to his belt and told the victim to strip naked and lay on the bed. The suspect told the victim that he was with the narcotics unit and he had other officers outside the room. During the encounter the suspect also pretended to talk on a radio to other individuals.