The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Wendell Charles Summer (DOB: 04/22/58) of Dundee and charged him with Sexual Battery of a minor. The charges stem from an incident where he allegedly threatened a minor to have sex with him. It is unclear of the relationship between Summer’s and the victim, but he reportedly had access to the victim and allegedly provided the victim with a cell phone that only worked with WiFi.
According to the arrest affidavit the arrest stemmed from an incident on 3/3/2024. The affidavit states an anonymous person sent a text message to the minor saying “you better be blindfolded, naked, and with your butt in the air and ready to have sex with me or I will kill all of your family, I know what you look like and where you live at”. According to the affidavit someone entered the minors room and had sex with the minor. That person then allegedly went out the bedroom window.
According to the affidavit, a witness advised that a security camera showed the person leaving the bedroom. “The video showed Wendell exiting through REDACTED bedroom window so REDACTED knew it was Wendell who just sexually battered REDACTED. REDACTED advised once Wendell entered the room REDACTED observed him go on the camera app and delete the video footage of him leaving REDACTED bedroom.” said the witness.
The affidavit went on to say “On 3-4-2024 a recorded call was conducted from the victim to the suspect. When the victim asked the suspect “why he did what he did”. The suspect advised “it was wrong”. The suspect advised “he was afraid the victim told someone and that he can’t trust REDACTED talking on the phone”. The suspect advised “REDACTED could ruin his whole life”. The victim then states “because you had sex with me” and the suspect advised “because of an accident”. The suspect then states “he is sorry and that stuff will never happen again”., “It was a mistake. a bad one”. The victim advised to the suspect “you even said you were making love to me” where the suspect responded with “I just wanted you to know the difference between good and bad sex”
Later that same day deputies interviewed Summer’s who denied having sex with the minor victim. Deputies arrested him and took him to county jail.
