MARION COUNTY, Fla. — An Ocala man wanted for sexual assault was arrested Wednesday after leading deputies on a high-speed chase all while a young child sat in the car.
According to his arrest report, 26-year-old Henry Antwan Boger refused to stop when deputies tried to pull him over Wednesday afternoon in the Marion Oaks area.
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Deputies say Boger ran red lights and sped through a shopping plaza as he tried to escape, reaching speeds as high as 90 miles per hour.
The chase ended when deputies say Boger pulled into the Heathbrook Apartments and ran from the car, eventually ending up on the front porch of one of the units where he was taken into custody.
Deputies searched Boger’s car and found a loaded .45 caliber handgun on the back floorboard wrapped in a t-shirt.
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According to his arrest report, as deputies walked Boger back to where he ran from the car, they found a six year old child standing near some bushes “crying hysterically.”
Deputies say Boger admitted the child had been in the car with him during the chase.
Boger was arrested and charged with fleeing and eluding law enforcement at high speed, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, and child abuse.
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After questioning, Boger was also charged with one count of sexual battery for an incident in May in which investigators determined he had sex with a woman who was not in a condition to consent to it.
Boger is being held in the Marion County jail on no bond.
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