BIG COPPITT KEY, Fla. – After a night of drinking and smoking marijuana, a man found himself the victim of an unwanted sexual advance at the hands of a Florida Keys man, who cut the victim “several times” as he tried to fight him off Friday, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
Adam Linhardt, a spokesperson with the sheriff’s office, said the victim told deputies that 70-year-old Steven Alan Santana, whom he had just met, allowed him to sleep overnight in his camper on Big Coppitt Key because the victim was too intoxicated to drive home.
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“The victim stated he had been drinking and smoking marijuana with others at a residence with multiple units on Puerta Drive,” Linhardt said in a news release.
The victim told deputies he awoke just after 1:30 a.m. to find Santana naked and attempting to perform a sex act on him, Linhardt said. He said the victim began to fight Santana off.
“The victim said Santana grabbed what appeared to be a knife and cut him several times before he was able to get out of the camper,” Linhardt said. “The victim had several lacerations and a puncture wound on his arms. There were lines and droplets of blood on the victim’s chest.”
Deputies took Santana, who faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, to the Monroe County Jail.