HOMESTEAD, Fla. – A 40-year-old man who was accused of raping a teenage girl attempted to bribe a detective with $500, according to the police department.
Sarvelio Gabriel Ramirez appeared in court on Tuesday after police officers arrested him on Monday morning. Corrections officers are holding him without bond.
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Detectives accused Ramirez, who is a migrant from Guatemala, of raping the teenage girl early Sunday morning in Homestead, according to the police arrest form.
Prosecutors charged filed a case against Ramirez for the minor’s sexual battery. He is also facing a charge of bribery, a second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Corrections officers were holding him without bond. Detectives were asking anyone with information about the case to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.