Marcos Mendoza of Little Havana, Florida was arrested Saturday after he was accused of breaking into a home and forcing himself on a man inside, news sources report. Mendoza, 24, was booked into the Miami-Dade County Jail on charges of burglary with assault or battery and sexual battery with no serious personal injury. A county judge ordered that he be held without bail bond; he is also on an immigration hold. Reports did not say whether Mendoza hired legal representation .
According to reports, the incident occurred in the 1100 block of Southwest 7th Street in Little Havana. Residents purportedly say crime appears to be on the rise in the area. "You have to be careful because delinquency is at a level police can't even handle," Edwin Martinez, who lives near the scene of the alleged crime, reportedly told the press following the incident. It is not clear what other crimes have recently occurred in the vicinity.
This latest incident took place at around 2:30 Saturday morning, sources say. Though the details of the offense are still unavailable, sources say Mendoza entered an apartment without permission and sexually assaulted a man he found inside. Police arrived to the scene shortly after and allegedly found Mendoza in the nude. "[Mendoza] was naked and they put him in the car," David Ferrer, a witness, reportedly said. "He tried to fight back and they just resisted him and they did their job." Witnesses reportedly stated that Mendoza was singing and wrapped in a blanket as he was being hauled away.
Unfortunately, sexual assaults occur on a regular basis in South Florida. Earlier this year, Miami resident Andrew Seabrooks was apprehended after he sexually threatened a 16-year-old girl with a gun and forced her to perform oral sex on him, sources report. Seabrooks, 23, was taken to the county jail on charges of sexual assault with a weapon. An update on his case is not currently available.
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