MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A man and “an unknown female” sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl at a home in southwest Miami-Dade’s Westchester area in October after they gave her drugs, authorities said.
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Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies said they formally arrested one of the suspects on a child rape charge Friday, one day after DNA evidence tied him to the case. Frank Jewett, 40, had already been in jail following an early December arrest on an unrelated charge.
Both the name and date of birth of Jewett’s alleged accomplice were redacted from the MDSO arrest report. She is listed as “at large.”
Authorities said the assault happened on Oct. 27 at Jewett’s home in the 9200 block of Southwest 36th Street.
Jewett and the girl were “strangers,” the report states. Deputies said the girl was “heavily intoxicated” with drugs provided by Jewett and his alleged accomplice when the former raped her and the latter assaulted her with a pink sex toy.
The report states the girl went to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, where staff collected a rape kit.
Deputies said on Thursday, DNA evidence tied the crime to Jewett. They said the victim identified Jewett as one of the rapists the next day.
An investigator went to Miami-Dade’s Pre-Trial Detention Center on Friday, where records show Jewett had been held since Dec. 5 on a burglary warrant, to speak with the suspect. Authorities said he “denied any involvement and the victim’s allegations.”
Records show that Jewett, now facing a charge of sexual battery on a minor by an adult, remained at the PTDC as of Tuesday. A judge ordered him to remain held without bond.