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Police: Man beats, rapes, robs woman after kidnapping her from hospital

Robert Lee-Terrell Hicks is accused of kidnapping a woman from West Marion Hospital, then beat, robbed and raped her, Ocala police said.

OCALA, Fla. — Robert Lee-Terrell Hicks, 33, was arrested overnight Monday on charges he kidnapped a woman from West Marion Hospital and then robbed, beat and raped her, Ocala police said.

Police said Terrell Hicks committed the crimes a wooded area, then took off in a 1996 white Jeep Cherokee, which had been reported stolen, police said.

Terrell Hicks was arrested early Monday.

The condition of the woman has not been released.

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