ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. – The victim of an alleged hatchet attack in Ormond-by-the-Sea left behind a trail of blood as he ran along a road to wave down a deputy Wednesday evening, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
Described at the onset of an arrest affidavit as “a frantic male with no shirt yelling at cars,” the victim told the deputy that he had been jumped on the beach — in the area of the 1900 block of Ocean Shore Boulevard — by a man and a woman later identified as Wayne Streeter, 24, and Alana Cagle, 18, respectively.
The victim said that he had agreed to come to the beach with Cagle “so that she could tie him up on the beach and have sex with him,” the affidavit states.
Cagle allegedly picked the victim up earlier that evening and drove them to Michael Crotty Bicentennial Park, the victim said, telling the deputy that he and Cagle were the only occupants in her car. After getting to the beach, the victim recalled “getting odd vibes” from Cagle because she was sitting about 5 feet away from him, according to the affidavit. The victim said that Cagle then tied his legs together with rope, adding this made him feel odd and thus led him to decide he wasn’t going to go any further with it.
The victim then recalled seeing a man dressed in black clothing — later identified as Streeter — approaching them from out of the darkness, prompting him to begin untying the rope, according to the affidavit. Cagle allegedly began to jump on the victim’s legs, yet he was able to fight her off and untie the rope before getting up and running away with Streeter now giving chase, the victim said. Streeter allegedly managed to tackle the victim and begin choking him as Cagle — reportedly observed with what appeared to be a hatchet — caught up and started punching and striking the victim “all over,” the affidavit states.
The victim managed to free himself again, running up Atlantic Avenue and flagging down the deputy, according to the affidavit. While the victim was taken to a hospital for evaluation of his injuries, an Ormond Beach police officer located and conducted a traffic stop on Cagle’s vehicle in the area of South Yonge Street and Division Avenue, the sheriff’s office said. It was aired over the radio that there was blood on the vehicle, which itself was occupied by Cagle driving and Streeter in the front passenger seat, the affidavit states. A backpack that the victim later confirmed to be his was also found inside of the car, according to the affidavit.
A deputy canvassing the beach found rope, a T-shirt and a hat, as well as a sheath for a hatchet some 30 feet away from the other items. The deputy further advised that there was not only a clear disturbance in the sand, but that there was blood on a nearby walkway “consistent with a male running while bleeding” and even more blood in the park where Cagle’s vehicle had been.
The victim’s injuries included lacerations to his legs and back, some of them deep, as well as multiple long cuts to his abdomen, according to the affidavit.
Streeter told a deputy that he and Cagle are a couple, claiming they drove to the beach by themselves and adding he didn’t know how the victim got there, the sheriff’s office said. Streeter further claimed that he saw the victim push Cagle but did not know how. This, he said, is what prompted him to approach the two and begin punching the victim in the face. After initially claiming that no weapons were used, Streeter allegedly uttered while in a patrol car that he had tried to choke out the victim “for her,” the affidavit states.
Streeter and Cagle were arrested to face a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, records show. They have both since posted $5,000 bond.
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