Miami man broke into apartment and touched victim inappropriately, urinated on him, police say
A Miami man has been arrested after police say he broke into a man's home, touched him inappropriately while victim slept and then urinated on him before fleeing.
Miami police said that on Sunday, they responded to reports that a man had broken into an apartment on NW 11th Street and had touched the unidentified victim.
When police arrived, the victim told them that he accompanied his friends to the parking lot, and when he got back to his room he couldn't remember if he had locked the door, according to the arrest report.
The victim then said that when he woke up, the suspect, who was identified as 34-year-old Maykel Rodriguez Jr., was touching him inappropriately over his clothing, exposed himself and then urinated on him before leaving the room, the arrest report said.
Rodriguez then allegedly grabbed his clothes before he left the room and said,"I know you," according to police.
CBS News Miami spoke with Officer Kiara Delva, a police spokesperson, who said, "This case is extremely concerning and disturbing. We do know the victim reported when he came home, he did not realize whether he locked his door or not. This is just a message to the community that we would like to remind residents who live in an apartment building, or if you live in a [house], please be very cautious when you are leaving your home to make sure it is locked."
The victim was able to provide a description of Rodriguez, and he was located after a canvas of the area.
Rodriguez was positively identified by the victim and arrested, police said. He has been charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling, battery and indecent exposure.
Delva said that although the suspect claimed that he and the victim knew each other, there was no evidence to support that yet.
Rodriguez appeared in bond court, where Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Mindy Glazer ordered him to stay away from the victim and held him on pretrial detention on one of the charges. We learned in court that Rodriguez has spent five years in the Air Force and currently works as a loan officer.