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Police: Pembroke Pines man attacks job coach at education center

Man faces battery charge over alleged attack at Whispering Pines Exceptional Education Center

Police officers arrested Joseph Oetinger for battery on Tuesday in Miramar. (BSO)

MIRAMAR, Fla. – A 21-year-old man appeared in court on Wednesday after police officers arrested him for allegedly attacking a woman who was working at an education center in Broward County.

Broward Sheriff’s Office correctional deputies held Joseph Oetinger at the North Broward Bureau in Pompano Beach after his arrest on Tuesday in Miramar, records show.

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The woman who was working as a job coach reported Oetinger’s “erratic” behavior included grabbing her between the legs with his right hand, according to the police report.

The alleged attack was in a classroom at the Whispering Pines Exceptional Education Center, at 3609 S. Douglas Rd., in Miramar, according to the police report.

Prosecutors filed the felony case against Oetinger on Wednesday. He is facing a charge of battery on a public or private education employee, a third-degree felony.

A judge set his bond at $1,000. Broward County Circuit Judge Barbara R. Duffy is set to preside over the case, records show.


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