EUSTIS, Florida—The man accused of attacking three women in Eustis since April is in custody.
Jephson Seguin, 20, was apprehended Thursday afternoon around 3 p.m. as he ran out the back door of his parents’ house in the 800 block of Marietta Lane in the Hillcrest at Lake Nettie subdivision, Eustis Police Department Capt. Jon Fahning said. Inside Lake was the first media organization to break Seguin was in custody, the only media on the scene of the latest incident Tuesday night on Morningview Drive and the only media on scene at Seguin’s house after he was captured.
Two EPD officers responded to Morningview Drive after a woman was attacked shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday and the suspect attempted to run an officer over just after he exited his patrol unit. The officer opened fire on the black, early 2000s Cadillac Escalade EXT and it was discovered Thursday that Seguin had been struck in the shoulder by at least one bullet. The officer was not injured and is on paid administrative leave—department policy—while the Florida Department of Law Enforcement completes its investigation, which is standard in officer-involved shootings. EPD released body cam footage of the shooting Wednesday afternoon.
EPD identified Seguin quickly after Tuesday’s attack and officers were unable to locate him but stayed in close contact with his parents. On Thursday Seguin spoke with EPD through an attorney and was supposed to turn himself in at the department at 2 p.m. but failed to do so. His mother called EPD around 3 p.m. and asked officers to respond to her home and as they arrived, Seguin fled out the back door of the home and was captured, Fahning said.
He was transported by ground to HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital, a level II trauma center, for treatment of the gunshot wound to his shoulder.
The vehicle used to try to run the officer over Tuesday has not been found. The Escalade is not registered to Seguin, but is registered to one of his family members, Fahning said. Seguin is facing charges of lewd or lascivious molestation, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, reckless driving, fleeing to elude law enforcement, resisting arrest with violence, leaving the scene of a crash with property damage and stalking. EPD is asking he be held on no bond.
Area law enforcement agencies assisted in the investigation, Fahning said, including the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Mount Dora Police Department, Leesburg Police Department and Apopka Police Department.
“It takes all of us to work together, we can’t do it by ourselves,” Fahning said, “without their help, we’re not here today.”
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