Man, 46, charged in sex assault, kidnapping of Volcano woman
Prosecutors charged a 46-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a 57-year-old woman in Volcano.
James Michael Taylor made his initial appearance before Judge Harry Freitas at Hilo District Court Tuesday via video conference from a cellblock on two counts of first-degree sex assault, two counts of kidnapping, one count of third-degree sex assault and one count of third-degree assault.
Freitas denied a request for a bail reduction.
Taylor is in custody at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center in lieu of $187,000 bail.
The assault occurred sometime between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. Sunday. Police said the woman was asleep at her residence when she heard a dog barking outside. When she walked out into her yard, a man tackled her to the ground and sexually assaulted her, police said.
After the man left her property, the victim immediately called police.
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Officers arrested the man identified as Taylor after they located him asleep in the bushes on a neighboring vacant lot a short distance from the victim’s home and arrested him.