Crime & Safety
Police Investigate Suspected South Beach Rape On Christmas
The suspected sexual assault took place sometime between 10:30 p.m. on Christmas night and 1 a.m. the following morning.
MIAMI BEACH, FL — City police are investigating the suspected rape of a woman late Christmas night or early the next morning along South Beach. The incident occurred around 15 Street. The woman filed a police report shortly after 2 a.m. on Dec. 26.
Officer Ernesto Rodriguez of the Miami Beach Police Department told Patch on Wednesday that the suspected sexual assault took place sometime between 10:30 p.m. on Christmas night and 1 a.m. the following morning.
"The location is unknown other than it occurred on the beach," Rodriguez told Patch.
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Police did not release specific details of the alleged sexual assault but were pursuing possible charges of kidnapping, false imprisonment and battery.
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