Immigrant charged with rape of 8-year-old girl
Police: Suspect could not prove legal residency
BY MARK BELL ? [email protected] ? August 26, 2010
An undocumented immigrant was charged with the molestation of an 8-year-old girl earlier this week, according to a Murfreesboro Police arrest report made available for public inspection Wednesday.
Mario P. Perez, who is originally from Mexico but was residing at an apartment at 736 E. Northfield Blvd. at the time of his Monday arrest, was charged with two counts of rape of a child and one count of aggravated sexual battery following an investigation by Murfreesboro police Detective Tommy Roberts. Roberts investigates crimes against children and the elderly.
"There were allegations that Mario Perez had molested an 8-year-old female victim," Roberts reported. "I contacted DCS (Tennessee Department of Children's Services) and requested the victim be interviewed. Carrie Niederhauser, a DCS case manager, responded to the police department and interviewed the victim."
The girl told Niederhauser and Roberts that Perez had engaged in unwanted sexual intercourse with her, according to a police report.
Roberts later interviewed Perez at the Murfreesboro Police Department.
"Mr. Perez could not provide any legal documentation that showed his age," Roberts reported. "He stated he was 24. He also had a locally made ID that he had purchased which showed he was 24."
Perez was arrested by Roberts "based on the investigation and statements made by Mr. Perez," according to the report. He was booked into the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center on $41,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court Oct. 12.
Murfreesboro Police spokesman Kyle Evans told The DNJ Perez is not related to the victim.
Perez resided about a mile from a daycare and childhood education center at the time of his arrest, but police say they don't believe the daycare is "involved in any way."
"No more victims are believed to be involved with this case at this time," Evans said.







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