Venezuelan national arrested for attempted sexual battery

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jhoan Jesus Angulo-Alvarado, 40, has been charged with attempting to rape a woman while installing drywall for a client.

Angulo-Alvarado was reportedly employed by a client to complete a drywall job at an undisclosed location, and the victim, an associate of the client, was at the location while Angulo-Alvarado was working there over two days.

The victim reportedly said that Angulo-Alvarado asked her questions about her life and told her she was beautiful and had a beautiful body. She said Angulo-Alvarado asked her for water, so she took him a glass of water, and while she was extending her hand, Angulo-Alvarado grabbed her by the arm and dragged her into a room, where he allegedly forced her against a table and held her tightly.

Angulo-Alvarado allegedly forcefully kissed the victim while holding her tightly and then pulled her pants down. The victim said she hit his genitals to escape and ran to another room, where she let two dogs out, and the dogs kept Angulo-Alvarado from getting near her again.

When the client returned, the victim was reportedly distraught and crying; the victim told the client what had happened, and the client called the police.

A Gainesville Police Department Detective reported that the victim was traumatized to the point that she was unable to sleep for several months, and the victim was adamant that she never gave Angulo-Alvarado any indication that she was interested in him.

The client reportedly told the detective that she and another person confronted Angulo-Alvarado, who denied that anything had happened; the client said Angulo-Alvarado told her that the victim had shared some personal stories with him, so he felt comfortable with her.

Angulo-Alvarado’s post-Miranda statement is redacted from the report provided to Alachua Chronicle by the Gainesville Police Department, but the report states that he “showed discrepancies in his statements and was changing his stories” as the detective spoke with him. The detective’s investigation found that Angulo-Alvarado forcibly kissed the victim after abducting her and restraining her against her will and that there was no pre-existing relationship between Angulo-Alvarado and the victim that would give Angulo-Alvarado the expectation that sexual contact would be welcome.

A sworn complaint against Angulo-Alvarado was filed on July 10, 2025, and a warrant for Angulo-Alvarado’s arrest was signed on September 16, 2025. Angulo-Alvarado was arrested on November 4, 2025, and the State Attorney’s Office initially expressed the intent to file a motion for pre-trial detention, but the motion was withdrawn, and Judge David Kreider set bail at $250,000. Angulo-Alvarado is still in the Alachua County Jail.

Alachua Chronicle requested the sworn complaint against Angulo-Alvarado in November 2025 and received the report in February 2026.

According to the sworn complaint, Angulo-Alvarado is a citizen of Venezuela, and his residence status is listed as “Resident.”

Angulo-Alvarado was originally charged with attempted sexual battery, false imprisonment, and battery; formal charges of attempted sexual battery and false imprisonment were filed on December 1, 2025. According to court documents, Angulo-Alvarado had no criminal history at the time of his arrest.

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