An illegal immigrant from Honduras faces criminal charges after allegedly assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Florida park this month.
The teenager was attacked near Okeeheelee Park on January 2nd WPTV reported.
The suspect was then described as a Hispanic male between the ages of 30 and 40 who he didn’t speak english.
Santo Martinez Varela of Honduras, pictured, faces kidnapping and sexual assault charges. (PBCSO)
Detectives found and arrested Santa Martinez Varela on Jan. 11 and then confirmed his identity with a DNA search warrant, the department wrote.
Varela illegally crossed the Mexican border from Honduras in 2023 without any contact with law enforcement and traveled to West Palm Beach, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.
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The alleged attack on Jan. 2 happened at Okeeheelee Park in unincorporated Palm Beach County, pictured. (Google maps)
Varela is being held without bond in the Palm Beach County Jail on kidnapping and sexual assault charges and faced a judge Sunday, according to online records.
A Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office cruiser is shown outside the Palm Beach County Jail. (Google Maps)
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“To anyone thinking of committing these heinous crimes in Palm Beach County: We will find you,” the sheriff’s department wrote in a social media post. – Justice will be served.
