A dramatic escape in Wisconsin from a vehicle of a suspect who entered the country illegally was attempting to sexually assault a 12 year old girl according to the Fond du Lac County Sheriff.
A 12-year-old girl made a dramatic escape in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, from the vehicle of a suspect who had illegally entered the United States from Mexico three years ago and was attempting to sexually assault her, according to the Fond du Lac County Sheriff.
The girl "had just fled from a vehicle in the area where an adult male had bound and blindfolded her and was attempting to assault her," Sheriff Ryan F. Waldschmidt stated in a news release. "Bravely, she was able to fight back, break free from the suspect and vehicle, and ran to a house for help."
The suspect allegedly paid the victim’s mother, whom he knew, in exchange for spending time alone with the girl, Waldschmidt wrote.
"Detectives have determined the suspect is a 30 or 31-year-old Nicaraguan man (legal identity yet to be determined based on multiple aliases) who entered the United States illegally from Mexico into Texas in October 2021," the release continued.
"At that time, he was apprehended by US Customs and Border Protection agents, processed at a federal facility, and released from their custody with instructions to follow current federal immigration policy," the release says. Detectives are still working to determine the immigration status of the victim’s mother. She has been arrested for numerous crimes related to this incident, and both are currently in custody in the Fond du Lac County Jail. Further arrests may be forthcoming once the investigation is complete.
On Sunday, May 19, 2024, at 12:12 a.m., deputies from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a private residence in the rural town of Oakfield for a sexual assault complaint. A resident reported that a 12-year-old girl had just shown up at his door seeking help.
Due to the nature of the allegations, detectives were called in to continue the investigation, which progressed rapidly over the next 40+ hours.
"Detectives were able to determine the identity and location of the suspect and developed a tactical plan to take him into custody," Waldschmidt wrote. The Sheriff’s Office SWAT team, with the assistance of the Fond du Lac Police Department SWAT team, executed a search warrant at a residence on Marquette Street in the City of Fond du Lac on Monday evening. During the SWAT operation, the suspect was taken into custody without incident.
This complex investigation involves numerous serious potential crimes, including sexual assault of a child, false imprisonment, child human trafficking, and failure to protect a child, among others, the sheriff noted.
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