MOUNT DORA, Fla. – A man arrested Wednesday in Mount Dora is accused of trafficking and raping a girl.
Kendrick Tate, 34, faces charges of human trafficking for commercial sex acts on a child under 18 and sexual battery on a child between 12 and 18 years old, the Mount Dora Police Department said in a statement Thursday.
The investigation began in October 2024 when the police department was made aware that the girl was a victim of sex trafficking, according to the statement. Tate was eventually identified as the suspect and was arrested on Wednesday by Lake County deputies, what the police department said was the same day it obtained an arrest warrant for him.
Tate is being held on no bond at the Lake County Jail, records show.
Anyone with information related to the case is urged to contact police at 352-735-7130.
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