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Xavier Thomas-Jones has been arrested in Florida after attacking a woman in an apartment gym. A Florida woman bravely defended herself against him in an apartment gym last month, leading to the arrest of a suspect after he tried to victimize another woman.
Nashali Alma, 24, was working out in the gym at the Inwood Park apartment complex in Tampa when Xavier Thomas-Jones attacked her on Jan. 22, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said.
Xavier Thomas-Jones Age
Xavier Thomas-Jones is 25 years old.
Nashali Alma fights off man who attacked her at gym
Security footage posted to social media by the sheriff’s office shows Alma letting Thomas-Jones into the facility before continuing to train her. Thomas-Jones, 25, is then seen trying to grab Alma’s waist, but she jumps away.
“As soon as she got close to me, I pushed him away,” Alma says in the video that accompanies the footage. “I said, ‘Brother, what the hell are you doing? Get away from me. Stop trying to touch me. He started chasing me around the bench and we ended up on the other side of the gym.”
Thomas-Jones lived in the Inwood compound, but it’s unclear if Alma knew him before the attack. In the footage, Alma and Thomas-Jones can be seen training for several moments, with her attacker pinning her to the ground. Alma was finally able to get back on her feet and run to a nearby apartment, where she called 911.
Thomas-Jones fled and tried to break into another woman’s apartment in the complex. He was detained by agents less than 24 hours later. Once in custody, Thomas-Jones allegedly admitted to holding down and hitting Alma because he wanted to have sex with her, the outlet reported. He allegedly targeted the second woman, whose name has not been released, because he thought she was “cute.”
As of Thursday, Thomas-Jones remained in custody on charges of sexual assault, false imprisonment, burglary and kidnapping. “I was disgusted by the actions of the suspect, how he took advantage of this young woman,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said in the video. “The strength, courage and determination of this woman are inspiring. I know her courage to share this story will impact the lives of many other women.”
Alma said that she wants her harrowing experience to help other women fight for themselves. “As long as you fight back and show him that you’re strong and don’t give up, I think it’s possible to escape,” she said. “It is better to contact law enforcement sooner rather than later. The sooner they have the information, the sooner they can catch that person.”