A Tampa woman was held against her will for nearly a week. She was able to escape her captor, but not before she was tortured and scalped.<\/p>\n
Now, the Tampa Police Department is asking the public to help them locate 41-year-old Leon Washington<\/strong>, the man accused of committing the crimes.<\/p>\n According to police, the woman and her 6-year-old daughter lived with Washington<\/strong> at 3419 E. Deleuil Avenue. Her nightmare began on December 23rd. Washington<\/strong> is alleged to have attacked the woman with an ice pick, clothes iron, and a knife causing serious abrasions, burns and lacerations.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the Tampa Police Department stated that the victim had her hair braided and Washington<\/strong> allegedly cut the braids out of her hair, cutting portions of her scalp as well.<\/p>\n He is also alleged to have hit the 6-year-old and spit on her, but did not seriously injure her, police said.<\/p>\n On December 29th, the victim\u2019s sister went to the home and was able to convince Washington<\/strong> to allow the woman to get medical attention. He reportedly agreed, but instructed them not to go to a hospital.<\/p>\n They went to the home of a relative and called police. The victim was treated and released at a local hospital. Police are not releasing her name to protect her identity.<\/p>\n The Tampa Police Department and the U. S. Marshal\u2019s Task Force are currently seeking Washington<\/strong>. He is described as a Black male with gray eyes, he weighs about 260 pounds and stands 6 feet tall. There is an active warrant for his arrest on charges of aggravated battery, false imprisonment, and kidnapping.<\/p>\n Police further stated that Washington<\/strong> has a violent criminal history and should be considered armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n There is also a reward of $1,500 being offered for information leading to Washington\u2019s<\/strong> arrest. Callers can remain anonymous. Anyone with information pertaining to his whereabouts is asked to contact the Tampa Police Department at (813) 231-6130.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Tampa woman was held against her will for nearly a week. She was able to escape her captor, but not before she was tortured and scalped. Now, the Tampa Police Department is asking the public to help them locate 41-year-old Leon Washington, the man accused of committing the crimes. According to police, the woman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}