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Man Arrested In Palm Harbor Rape

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Published: July 26, 2008

Authorities arrested a man they say broke into a Palm Harbor home early Friday and raped a 57-year-old woman.
Christopher Lee Granado, 40, of 706 Sparrow Ave., Palm Harbor, was arrested just north of the Pinellas-Pasco county line Friday night, according to a report by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies located Granado through a tip.

Pinellas County sheriff's deputies arrested Granado about 9 p.m. Friday on charges of sexual battery with intent to commit great bodily harm, burglary of an occupied residence and false imprisonment.

Granado was being booked in Pinellas County Jail late Friday night.

About 2 a.m. Friday, Granado entered the woman's home through an unlocked front door, Pinellas sheriff's Sgt. Jim Bordner said.

Once inside, he bound the victim's hands before sexually assaulting her, the spokesman said.

During the assault, he struck and kicked the woman in the face, breaking some bones, Bordner said. The attack was interrupted by the victim's daughter, he said. Granado struck her in the face before fleeing, Bordner said.

The victim was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where she was treated and released.

The victim and the victim's daughter both know Granado, Bordner said.

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