Attempted Rapist Caught In Act By Sergeant, Police Say

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A St. Petersburg Police sergeant out on routine patrol is getting the credit for stopping an accused attempted rapist in the act Tuesday night.

According to the agency, the sergeant, who is not being named, was patrolling in the 500 block of 16th Street North around 10 p.m. Sept. 26 when he came across an attack in progress. Police say Traymonte Snipes was “trying to rape a 61-year-old woman.” (For more local news from Florida, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from St. Pete Patch. Click here to find your local Florida Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Snipes, an email from the police department said, threatened the woman with a knife and forced her into an alley. Once there, he attempted to sexually assault her, the email added.

Snipes was charged with sexual battery with a deadly weapon and kidnapping.

Snipes, whose last known address was in Tampa, was being held without bond in the Pinellas County Jail Wednesday, according to records.

No further information is available at this time.

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Booking photo courtesy of the Pinellas County Jail