A Modesto man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of the sexual assault and attempted murder of a teenage girl, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office said. Detectives believe 35-year-old Jermaine Rufus Beard kidnapped a teen, threatened her with violence and raped her late the night of Oct. 23 at a trailer park in the 600 block of River Road in Modesto. The girl eventually was able to escape and contact authorities, the Sheriff’s Office said. Her injuries were “severe enough” to require brief hospitalization, although the office didn’t specify for how long, before she was released into the custody of Child Protective Services. CPS brought the incident to the attention of the Sheriff’s Office a few days after the assault; it was not immediately clear what other agencies may have known about the incident prior to this notification. Detectives with the Family Crimes Unit identified Beard as a suspect. SWAT team members arrested Beard in the 4500 block of Madeline Way without incident.
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