Updated
Updated · WEAR · Aug 24
Pensacola Teen Arrested Over Walmart Sex Act, Held on $10,000 Bond
Updated
Updated · WEAR · Aug 24

Pensacola Teen Arrested Over Walmart Sex Act, Held on $10,000 Bond

3 articles · Updated · WEAR · Aug 24

Summary

  • Dwayne Watson, 18, was arrested a day after deputies said he followed a 43-year-old woman through an Escambia County Walmart and performed a sex act on her back.
  • Aug. 13 surveillance video at the Blue Angel Parkway store showed the woman kneeling by a lower shelf when Watson approached, exposed himself and quickly left, according to the arrest report.
  • The woman then felt an unknown liquid on her back and alerted Walmart staff; deputies later identified the substance as semen and used video and other investigative techniques to identify Watson.
  • Watson faces charges of exposure of sexual organs and battery, remains in Escambia County Jail on $10,000 bond, and is due in court on Aug. 31.

Insights

Will a shocking daytime Walmart assault force an 18-year-old into a lifetime of sex-offender registration under Florida law?
How did a brazen predator manage to execute such a disturbing attack in a heavily surveilled retail store undetected?