Suspect arrested in series of rapes dating back to 2011

Javon Collier faces 2 counts of sexual assault, named suspect in 3rd

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Police on Wednesday made an arrest in a series of sexual assaults dating back six years, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. 

Javon Collier, 34, is facing two counts of sexual assault, and is a suspect in a third attack. 

According to the arrest report, the first assault occurred May 7, 2016, when Collier pulled alongside a woman walking on San Juan Avenue and asked if she needed a ride.

She got into his car, and he drove her to Murray Hill Park, tied her up with tape and raped her in a bathroom, investigators said. 

The second assault happened May 24, 2016, when a woman walking on Wagner Road on the Northside was kidnapped at gunpoint, driven to a dead end road and raped, according to the arrest report. 

Both women told the Sheriff's Office that the suspect drove a black Impala.

According to JSO, both women picked Collier out of lineups, and DNA evidence found on the women matched DNA that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement had on file from a 2011 sexual assault.

There are no details about the third sexual assault.

Collier was arrested last last week at his home on the city's Westside, where neighbors told News4Jax on Tuesday they're glad he's off the streets. 

"It is shocking -- shocking to me because I've been here for eight years and I've never seen him before," said neighbor Kip Glover. "I think they did the right thing by putting him where he needed to be at."

Collier was booked Thursday into the Duval County Jail, where he's being held without bond.


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