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St. Pete Woman Fights Off Would-Be Rapist, Police Say

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By STEPHEN THOMPSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 17, 2009

Ozell Junior Johnson

A St. Petersburg man was arrested this morning after police say he burst into the apartment of a 24-year-old woman as she was unlocking her front door and then tried to rape her.

The woman, however, pulled out a pocket knife and fought him off, and the suspect fled, said St. Petersburg police spokesman George Kajtsa.

Ozell Junior Johnson, 32, was found by police following the 2:35 a.m. assault and charged with sexual battery and burglary of an occupied dwelling. He was being held at the Pinellas County Jail on $70,000 bail.

As the woman, who did not know Johnson, was unlocking the front door, she was pushed into the apartment from behind, pinned on the couch and then Johnson tried to remove her pants, Kajtsa said. In the struggle she pulled the pocket knife and fought him off, the spokesman said.

Patrol officers found Johnson at 11th Avenue and 16th Street, Kajtsa said. The woman was then brought to the location and identified him, Kajtsa said.

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