2-27-2010 Florida:Man accused of molesting two year old released from hospital, taken to jail, to be held without bond.
UPDATED 2.26.10 6:30pm
A Tallahassee man accused of breaking into a home and molesting a toddler made his first court appearance Friday.
38 year old Erik McDonald walked in, sat down and quickly hung his head. Even though he appeared via video link from the jail, you could still see the bandage on his head and the black eye that came courtesy of a toddler's family who beat him after they say they caught McDonald in the act of molesting the two year old.
"I just wondered what was going on that day that made me go over there," McDonald said. A police report says McDonald is a diagnosed schizophrenic who blamed the incident on voices in his head.
McDonald repeatedly told the judge he didn't know why he went to the toddler's home, but his lawyer promptly told him to be quiet and the judge ordered him held without bond for sexual battery and burglary.
The shocking assault took place at about 3:30 Thursday morning. McDonald is accused of breaking in to a neighbors' home on Dawn Lauren Lane. Police reports say he admitted to having sex and oral sex with the toddler as she slept on the couch.
