A North Carolina man was arrested after police said he allegedly kidnapped and sexually battered a 12-year-old girl in Hollywood.
Shane Lee Taylor, 44, was arrested on kidnapping, sexual battery, lewd and lascivious molestation, and battery charges, Broward County jail records showed.
The incident unfolded on Thursday when the girl called police and said a man had taken her in a vehicle and sexually assaulted her, an arrest report said.
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The girl said she'd been at a CVS near the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino when she was approached by a man who grabbed her arm and forced her into the front passenger seat of his vehicle, the report said.
She said the man started driving and at one point asked her if she was wearing a wire and started touching and "frisking" her, putting his hand up the front and back of her shirt, the report said.
She said he told her he was taking her to the police and drove her to the FBI building in Miramar, but kept driving and made several attempts to hold her hand and touch her leg as he drove, the report said.
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He also put his hand inside her shorts and underwear and under her shirt as he drove, she said, according to the report.
As he was doing this, she said the man's vehicle was involved in a crash that allowed her to escape, the report said.
Officers found her in the 2800 block of Hollywood Boulevard, near the area where Taylor had been involved in the crash, the report said.
An officer who responded to the crash said Taylor's "hand was shaking and he appeared nervous," the report said.
The girl identified Taylor as the man who'd taken her and her description of the vehicle was consistent with the vehicle Taylor was reportedly driving, the report said.
The keychain Taylor had on him was also consistent with one described by the girl, the report said.
The report, which was heavily redacted, said Taylor spoke with detectives but at one point requested an attorney.
"All I was trying to do was help her," Taylor told investigators, according to the report.
He also admitted he took her to the FBI building, but claimed they were closed.
"So I was taking her down here and she made accusations and stuff, saying that she ran away five times and the police kept putting her back with her parents," he said, according to the report.
Taylor also told detectives he lives in North Carolina but comes to Florida for work, the report said.
Taylor was booked into jail, where he remained held without bond Tuesday, records showed. Attorney information wasn't available.
