Man Breaks into Christian Radio Station – Attempts to Rape Host While She is On Air

A judge this morning denied bond for the man accused of threatening to rape a Christian radio host while she was on the air.



Senior Circuit Court Judge Thomas Kirkland said inmate Donald Destin is not entitled to bond and must remain at the Orange County Jail. Kirkland assigned him a public defender. Destin, 30, faces charges of attempted sexual battery, burglary of an occupied structure and battery. As deputies led him away from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office after Monday’s arrest, he told reporters, “I didn’t want to rape her, but I was attracted to her.” The incident happened about 6 a.m. while listeners tuned in to the live religious programming on La Voix Evangelique D’Orlando, 98.9 SCA. The host told investigators she was on the air when a man entered the station without permission. She said he exposed himself, performed a sex act and threatened to rape her. A listener heard the threat and called 911.

The host remained calm and lured the man outside the building, the Sheriff’s Office said. Then she got him to go back inside while she locked herself inside her car and waited for deputies. Destin’s first local brush with the law appears to have been nearly a decade ago, when he was convicted of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Convictions for assault and criminal mischief followed in 2002. Destin was released from prison in March 2008 after serving time for grand theft of a motor vehicle. In April 2009, he was convicted of possession of drug paraphernalia, exposure of sexual organs and entering a place for prostitution. In July 2008, he was convicted of exposure of sexual organs, a misdemeanor. He served more than two years in prison for burglary with assault and was released in August 2006, state records show. In March 2010, he was convicted of misdemeanor stalking. In August 2010, he was convicted of trespass. Last February, he was convicted of loitering or prowling and resisting arrest.