LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Levi Josamason Foster told investigators he decided to perform a sex act on a woman he was talking to on April 17, so he opened her car door and tried to take off her pants, prosecutors said.
The woman fought back and her attacker ran away, a witness and prosecutors said.
Foster, 38, of the 1000 block of North Seventh Street in Lafayette, admitted to speaking to the woman around 5:30 p.m. in April while she sat in her car outside a business on Union Street, prosecutors said. He said he decided to perform a sex act on the woman, opening her car door and assaulting her, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors charged Foster on Wednesday with attempted rape, attempted sexual battery and assault. Due to Foster’s prior convictions for robbery, theft and battery, prosecutors also filed a sentence-enhancing charge of habitual offender.
Police arrested Foster on April 18 and he remains in the Tippecanoe County Jail in lieu of bond.
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This article originally appeared in the Lafayette Journal & Courier: Lafayette man charged with attempted rape
