MARY ESTHER - An Navarre man was arrested Sunday for sexually battering a woman 12 years old or older when she was physically incapacitated, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
The victim had been drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana with friends at the beach March 25 before they went to a home in Mary Esther to continue drinking, according to Jonathan James Schneider’s arrest report.
She went into a back bedroom to sleep. Several witnesses said they saw Schneider, 18, walk into the bedroom, and lie with the victim, the Sheriff’s Office reported.
The victim told deputies she had blacked out but woke up to Schneider sexually penetrating her.
A search warrant for Schneider’s DNA was executed Oct. 16, according to his arrest report. His DNA was compared to the DNA found on the victim's underwear. Schneider’s DNA matched the DNA on the underwear to the extent that the probability it matched someone else was 1 in 610,000, the Sheriff’s Office reported.
Schneider was released from Okaloosa County Jail on Wednesday on $20,000 bond.