EUSTIS, Florida—The man suspected in the attacks of three women and trying to run over a Eustis Police officer has been booked into the Lake County Jail.
Jephson Seguin, 20, is accused trying to run a police officer over and attacking two women in the spring and a third woman Tuesday night after he followed her on foot and in the black Cadillac Escalade EXT he was driving, according to an arrest affidavit.
After following the victim both on foot and in the Escalade, a witness told an EPD detective Seguin was peeping through his kitchen window on Morningview Drive and he walked outside and confronted him. Seguin reportedly told the man he was looking for a friend’s house but unsure where he lived; he left and began following the victim for the third time. The victim told police she was walking around the neighborhood for about 40 minutes when Seguin came up behind her and began to grope her in a sexual manner and thrust his pelvis into her. He threw her to the ground and got on top of her, she screamed, and he jumped up and ran northbound on Morningview Drive. She called police and as she was speaking to dispatch, she heard gunshots and the Escalade EXT drove past her with damage along the side.
While she was on the phone, two EPD officers responded to her battery complaint. The shift’s corporal spotted the Escalade parked on the side of Morningview Drive and he saw Seguin duck below the dash and gave him loud verbal commands to show his hands. He turned the truck on and began to rapidly accelerate towards the second officer, who was parked behind the corporal. That officer, Cody Schneider, who has been with EPD for nearly two years, fired three rounds at the Escalade and it continued to flee the scene. While fleeing, the truck struck a grey Nissan Altima and continued to flee. It was unknown at the time if any of the shots struck Seguin, but when EPD took him into custody Thursday afternoon, they found he had a gunshot wound to his shoulder, consistent with being shot at the time he accelerated toward Schneider.
Police began tracking down leads and searched the Driver And Vehicle Information Database (DAVID) for 2002 through 2006 black Cadillac Escalade EXTs and found 14 matches in Lake County. They found one registered to two owners, later found to be Seguin’s parents, on Marietta Lane, just a mile from the scene of the attack. Detectives spoke with Seguin’s father, and he told them he does own the truck and his son drives it. He said Seguin was at work at Waterman Village and was supposed to visit his grandmother in Orlando after he got off work. Detectives responded to Waterman Village, where Seguin was employed as a cook, and found he worked until 8 p.m. Tuesday and he called in on Wednesday, the affidavit states.
Waterman Village provided surveillance video showing Seguin driving the Escalade with an inoperable passenger side headlight. Officers on scene of the attack noted the same headlight was out when they arrived on the scene. EPD has since located the truck in Orange County.
On Thursday, detectives obtained video footage of an individual wearing the same hoodie and black pants approaching the front door of a home on a nearby street on June 17. Later Thursday, just before 2:45 p.m., Seguin’s parents called EPD and said their son was at home and had just left through the back door. EPD arrived and found Seguin walking on the sidewalk on another street in his neighborhood and they took him into custody. They found he had been shot in the shoulder and he was transported to HCA Lake Monroe Hospital for treatment and later booked into LCJ, where he is being held on $26,500 bond. He is facing several charges, including aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, fleeing and eluding, stalking, battery and leaving the scene of a crash.
Man Accused of Attacking 3 Women in Eustis in Custody, Now Being Treated for Gunshot Wound
