Palm Beach County authorities are asking women to come forward if they’ve had encounters with a Florida man who allegedly met victims through online dating platforms.The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office made the request on July 14, five months after responding to a sexual battery investigation at a Florida hospital.The victim said she’d met her alleged attacker, Stephen Hakim, on Hinge.
Detectives later matched Hakim’s DNA to specimens found on the victim, according to court documents.Toxicology testing detected multiple sleeping drugs in samples of the woman’s blood and urine.She didn’t take those substances, she told deputies.Hakim, of Delray Beach, was arrested and charged with sexual assault on July 8.
He was released the next day on a $25,000 bond.He has pleaded not guilty.ARIZONA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING WOMAN AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA FIRST DATE ENDS IN DESERT GRAVEStephen Hakim, 27, of Delray Beach is accused of sexually assaulting a woman he met on the dating app, Hinge.
(Courtesy of Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office)After matching with Hakim on Hinge, the woman told deputies they exchanged messages on the app for about an hour.Then, the conversation moved to phone texts and video calls, reports show.The alleged victim and Hakim, 27, agreed to meet later that day without "any expectations or pretenses" for "a relaxed evening to talk," deputies who reviewed the messages reported in court documents.
The woman told deputies that Hakim picked up her up in his car around 11 p.m.to go to a bar, court records show.
But instead, he drove her to his apartment.She recalled riding in his black Tesla as he sped along at "90 to 100 miles per hour," court documents show.She reported that his "very clean" apartment had very little furniture and no television or pets.
The woman told deputies they drank four beers and discussed topics like work.Then, Hakim offered to give her a massage, the alleged victim told deputies.
It was then that she became "super tire...