A man is faces sexual assault charges after allegedly luring an 11-year-old girl into a bathroom at a popular park in Miami-Dade where he raped her, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
The girl told investigators that she was at Gwen Cherry Park, at 7090 NW 22 Avenue, just north of Brownsville, on Tuesday when she was approached by a man asking her “for a favor,” according to the arrest report. Deputies identified the man as 18-year-old Antwan Johnson.
She said Johnson asked her to go into the women’s bathroom and get him some toilet paper because the men’s bathroom didn’t have any, deputies said.
Johnson allegedly followed her inside, grabbed her and then took her to the last stall. She told investigators that he put his hand over her mouth, which caused a cut on her lip, choked her, then lowered her shorts and underwear and sexually assaulted her twice, the report said.
According to authorities, when another park goer walked into the bathroom and saw what was happening, Johnson took off.
“The witness exited the bathroom and yelled that the defendant just raped the victim. Citizens at the park chased after the defendant and detained him until police arrived,” according to the arrest report.
Johnson was arrested and taken to jail where he was charged with sexual battery on a minor, kidnapping and false imprisonment of a child under the age of 13.
