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Man sexually abused girl while she slept, police say.

 
Published May 15, 2014

A Port Richey man has been arrested on suspicion that he sexually abused a 16-year-old girl in Pinellas County early Wednesday morning.

According to Indian Shores police, David Brian Sears, 22, came to a residence seeking shelter and was allowed to stay because of his "level of intoxication," an arrest report states.

Sears later entered the girl's room and sexually abused her while she slept, the report states. The girl awoke and screamed and Sears ran away. He was stopped several blocks away by police and arrested on a sexual battery charge, police said.

He was being held at the Pinellas County Jail Wednesday night in lieu of $75,000 bail