He’s accused of child rape, might be here illegally and has cut off his ankle monitor
Andres Florentin, a 36-year-old accused of raping a transgender minor, doesn’t have the ankle monitor or his Guatemalan passport. What Florentin does have, Coral Springs police hope, is South Florida looking for him.
The department tweeted Florentin’s picture and situation (absconded) at 10:50 a.m. Thursday, 17 days after he cut off his ankle monitor, according to court documents. Coral Springs police weren’t informed of this until Wednesday morning.
His whereabouts are unknown, but Coral Springs police think he might be in Palm Beach, Broward or Miami-Dade counties or trying to get back to Guatemala. He’s short — 4-foot-11 according to Coral Springs police, 5-foot-5 according to court records — and a chunky 170-185 pounds. Anyone who sees Florentin is asked to not approach him, but call Coral Springs police Det. Mark Mitter at 954-346-1300.
Florentin spent two months and nine days in Broward County Jail on two counts of attempted sexual battery on a victim between 12 and 18 years of age, one count of sexual battery on a victim between 12 and 18 and one count of false imprisonment. Once his bond got reduced to $75,000, Florentin posted it on May 7. He was to be under house arrest at his brother’s house.
The probable cause affidavit says Florentin was putting flooring in a Coral Springs home Feb. 27, supervising a co-worker who identifies as a male and is undergoing hormone therapy. The co-worker said Florentin rubbed his covered penis against the back of the co-worker’s head before trapping the co-worker in a bathroom and crudely demanding oral sex.
“Florentin became more physically aggressive and [the co-worker] was afraid Florentin would physically harm him,” the affidavit says.
Once Florentin abandoned his attempts at oral sex, the co-worker said, he spun the co-worker around and raped him from behind.
“The victim is in fear for his safety and reports that Florentin is an illegal alien and will flee the jurisdiction of the Untied States of America and return to Guatemala if he learns he is the subject of a criminal investigation,” Mitter wrote in the probable cause affidavit.
Florentin was arrested the next day.
This story was originally published June 27, 2019 at 3:54 PM.
