Crime

He was 14 when the woman first had sex with him, cops say. It gets worse

Irabelis Carrazana
Irabelis Carrazana Miami-Dade Corrections

The 15-year-old boy told police he was 14 when he started having sex with the woman, now 22.

And that was only the beginning.

According to police, Irabelis Carrazana also recorded herself and the boy having sex, forced him to sell drugs and exposed him to gang activity.

Carrazana, 22, who was already facing drug possession and other charges from a November arrest, was being held Tuesday in Miami-Dade’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center after being arrested Monday.

She now faces charges including three counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child between 12 and 16, two counts of child neglect, two counts of promoting sexual performance by a child and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child, records show.

Police said the boy told detectives that he was in a sexual relationship with Carrazana.

When questioned, Carrazana told investigators she had videos on her phone of herself and the victim having sex.

Detectives then discovered more details of their relationship through text messages, according to a police report.

Carrazana “directed the victim to sell narcotics on behalf of an unknown person,” a detective wrote.

In one conversation, Carrazana got mad at the teen “for not collecting money from a buyer on a narcotic sale,” police said.

“Other communications between the defendant and several unknown persons, via text messages, revealed that the defendant is involved in gang activities,” a detective wrote in the police report.

Police said that Carrazana’s involvement in gang activity has led to “a violent physical altercation with the victim” and a drive-by shooting at her home when the boy was there.

Carrazana, court records show, has a history of arrests including drug possession and battery. On Nov. 7, she was arrested on several felony charges including possessing Xanax, resisting arrest with violence, carrying a concealed weapon and tampering with evidence.

This story was originally published December 18, 2019 at 6:30 AM.

Carli Teproff
Miami Herald
Carli Teproff grew up in Northeast Miami-Dade and graduated from Florida International University in 2003. She became a full-time reporter for the Miami Herald in 2005 and now covers breaking news.
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