MySpace Contact Leads To Charges

Florida--A 28-year-old North Port man is in custody after being charged with attempted sexual battery and false imprisonment.

Police say the attacker, Steven Aldacosta, met the 20-year-old woman that using MySpace sometime last year.

According to The Herald Tribune:

"She told police that after exchanging messages online with Aldacosta for a week, she met him in Venice on April 9, 2008, where the two of them got Chinese takeout and ate together at the South Jetty in Venice.

After dinner, she followed Aldacosta to his North Port house, where he allegedly attacked her in his bedroom, pinning her to the bed and groping her.

When she tried to run, police say Aldacosta stopped her, throwing her on a couch in the living room, choking and slapping her before eventually letting her leave."

Aldacosta is scheduled to appear in court on attempted sexual battery and false imprisonment charges in late May.