Man arrested in Miami for sexually assaulting woman in her Parkland home, police say
.jpg "Antonio Doll, 54, was arrested on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.")
A man was arrested in Miami after investigators say he broke into a woman’s Parkland home and used a sharp object to force her into her bedroom, where he sexually assaulted her, Broward sheriff deputies said.
Antonio Doll, 54, is charged with sexual battery coercion by threat of force, kidnapping and false imprisonment, sexual assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and armed burglary, BSO said Sunday. He remained behind bars Monday morning at Broward County’s Main Jail, records show.
“We’re happy to get him off the street,” Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony told reporters during a press conference Monday.
Around 4:15 p.m. Oct. 23, the victim told Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives that a man hit and threw her on the family room’s floor as she was getting home from work, telling her “I’ll kill you, you’ll bleed out,” according to Doll’s arrest report. She noticed her sliding glass door was open.
The man then used a sharp object, police say, to force her into a bedroom where he sexually battered her.
“Moments later, the subject ransacked her bedroom, took some of her personal items and fled the area,” the sheriff’s office said Sunday in a news release.
Doll, investigators say, gagged and tied up the victim, but she was able to break free from the wiring that bound her hands together. She pushed down the blindfold and texted someone to call 911.
A person of interest was caught on tape in the vicinity “peeping onto several backyards,” according to BSO. Following an investigation, Doll was arrested Friday and taken to jail. His attorney information wasn’t available Monday morning.
Tony told reporters there is no indication that Doll knew the woman, and that he had an extensive criminal record and history of breaking into houses. According to online court records, Doll was arrested several times in Miami-Dade County going back to the late 1980s on charges including burglary, kidnapping and cocaine possession.
Tony added Doll was out of jail on probation when he attacked the woman.
“This individual is a career criminal,” he said.
Tony also noted he wanted to assure the public that investigators do not believe Doll is connected to any other sexual assaults in the area, nor do they think he is a serial rapist.
“This doesn’t mitigate the severity of what he did,” Tony said.
Miami Herald staff writer Grethel Aguila contributed to this report.
This story was originally published October 30, 2023 at 9:52 AM.
