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Jessica Barker of 2803 31st St. West, Lehigh Acres, the release notes. On July 31, Barker was arrested on one count of Grand Theft and an additional count of Contributing To The Delinquency Or Dependency of a Child, a misdemeanor. Barker was also arrested in 2013 for retail theft at Old Navy on Cattlemen Road in Sarasota. An arrest has been in the July 19 case of an alleged aggravated assault on a Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) bus, the Sarasota Police Department has reported. Albert Junior Singletary, 31, of 2828 Suncrest Drive, Sarasota, has been charged with a felony count of Aggravated Assault, a news release says. He was arrested on July 29 with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service Regional Fugitive Task Force, the release adds. The victim told detectives she was riding a SCAT bus to work when Singletary sat down near her, the release continues. During the ride, Singletary attempted to engage the vic- tim in conversation, though she tried to ignore him, the release says. When Singletary asked for the victim's name, she gave it, the release notes. The victim told detectives that the sus- pect began to repeat her name incessantly and then asked for her phone number; she refused to give it. The victim said Singletary got up from his seat at that point and, with his back to the front of the bus, removed his flip phone, wallet and a light blue/silver box cut- ter from his pocket. He allegedly revealed the blade of the box cutter, the release adds. The victim said Singletary brandished the blade before closing the box cutter and putting it away. When he sat down again, he asked the victim, "'So can I have your number now?'" the police report says. "Out of fear, she provided her phone number," the report continues. Then the suspect opened his phone again and called the number, the report says. The victim ignored the call, the report notes, but "Singletary advised her to save it as … he [planned to] call her at midnight," the report adds. The victim then pulled the cord for her stop and exited the bus, the release says. Previous arrest photographs of Singletary were compared to the video surveillance (which may be viewed on YouTube), the release notes, and detectives used phone records to help identify Singletary as the suspect. ARREST MADE IN ALLEGED JULY ASSAULT ON SCAT BUS Albert Singletary/Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader August 8 & 15, 2014 Page 91