HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A woman said she had known Mario Lopez for about a month when he sexually battered her in Broward County, according to police. Now he faces the possibility of getting deported.
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The woman said she agreed to meet Lopez, 29, on Jan. 25 at the Amsterdam Nightclub in Hallandale Beach and later nearby at his place, according to a police arrest report.
The woman said she was sleeping on the couch at Lopez’s apartment when he sexually battered her and she managed to get away to lock herself in the bathroom, according to the report.
“While the victim was locked in the bathroom, [Lopez] began to send several texts to the victim stating he was sorry for what happened,” Officer Carolyn Rose wrote in her report.
The woman called police officers for help. Rose arrested Lopez, who was born in Nicaragua, on Jan. 25, at his apartment in Hallandale Beach.
Court records show prosecutors filed a felony case against Lopez, who did not have a criminal record in Broward County, on Jan. 26, and his defense filed a written plea of not guilty.
Lopez appeared in court on Thursday morning for his arraignment on charges of sexual battery and battery before Broward County Circuit Judge Andrew L. Siegel.
Inmate records show Broward Sheriff’s Office correctional deputies were holding Lopez at the Joseph V. Conte Facility and he had an immigration hold. The battery charge did not have a bond; the bond for the sexual battery charge was $20,000.