A man is facing charges after he allegedly tried to sexually batter a woman at knifepoint inside a laundry room at an apartment complex in Hialeah, police said.
Luis Antonio Rodas-Martinez, 21, was arrested Sunday evening on charges of attempted sexual battery with a weapon causing serious bodily injury and kidnapping with a weapon or aggravated battery, Miami-Dade jail records showed.
According to an arrest report, on Dec. 9, Hialeah Police responded to an attempted armed sexual battery at the complex and met with victim, who said she was doing laundry in the laundry room when she was approached by a man who was armed with a knife.
She said he pinned her against a washing machine, placed the knife to her upper torso, pulled down her pants and thrusted himself against her while trying to rape her, the report said.
The victim started yelling for help and a neighbor who heard her went to the laundry room and saw the victim pinned against a washer with the suspect behind her and holding a knife to her, the report said.
The suspect saw the neighbor and took off running.
Investigators reviewed surveillance video and determined the suspect lived in the area and identified Rodas-Martinez as the suspect, the report said.
The investigators showed a surveillance image of the suspect to Rodas-Martinez’s brother who identified him in the photo, the report said.
Rodas-Martinez was arrested and booked into jail. He was expected to appear before a judge on Monday.
