Suspect arrested at Eustis dollar store in local rape case, police say

A 53-year-old man was arrested in Eustis after police identified him as a suspect in a reported sexual battery, according to a Eustis Police Department report.An officer said he spotted the man — identified as Alexander B. Johnson — riding a bicycle west on East Orange Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, the report says. Police had circulated a bulletin identifying Johnson as wanted in connection with the case. Officers detained him at a Family Dollar store on East Orange Avenue and took him to the police department for questioning.Victim reported assault to policeThe investigation began on Tuesday, when officers met with a woman who said her homeless daughter had been raped the previous night. According to the report, the victim told police she had been sleeping near Eustis Lake Walk when a man approached and asked her to go somewhere else with him to sleep.She described being taken to a church in Eustis, where she said the incident occurred. The report says she later identified a church t