MIAMI SPRINGS, Fla. – A person who police stated was caught on surveillance video dragging a lady right into a again room and tried to sexually assault her inside a Miami Springs smoke store has turned himself in, saying he needs to “make it proper.”
Tyrone Armbrister, 30, surrendered to Miami Springs police on Sunday, days after the video of the incident circulated broadly and sparked outrage locally. Jail information present he now faces three felony fees: sexual battery, false imprisonment, and housebreaking.
Strolling out of the Miami Springs Police Division in handcuffs and right into a patrol automobile to be booked into jail, Armbrister spoke briefly with reporters.
“I got here to make it proper. I made a mistake,” he stated, attributing his actions to being drunk.
The incident occurred on Nov. 9 inside a smoke store in Miami Springs.
Based on police, a retailer clerk heard screams coming from the again of the store.
The surveillance footage reveals Armbrister grabbing a lady and forcibly dragging her right into a again room. As soon as there, he groped her as she repeatedly begged him to cease, investigators stated.
Armbrister instructed Native 10 Information that he was intoxicated on the time of the assault and prompt his drink might have been spiked.
“My honest apology. I hope that she’s OK,” Armbrister stated. “I got here again as a result of somebody has to take accountability.”
He added, “I made a mistake by consuming an excessive amount of, and that’s the place I slipped up. I allowed one thing to be put in my drink, not paying consideration.”
When requested by Native 10′s Cody Weddle if he had ever dedicated an identical act, Armbrister stated, “No. that’s why it shocked me once I noticed the video.”
The surveillance video of the alleged assault, shocked the group and prompted swift motion from regulation enforcement. Miami Springs Detective Jacob Dweck stated the footage was significantly tough to look at and listen to.
“It’s a really exhausting video to not solely watch, however to listen to too,” Dweck stated.
The detective praised the sufferer’s bravery in preventing again and emphasised the division’s dedication to holding criminals accountable.
“All criminals on the market, we do need to let you recognize, you come into Miami Springs, you commit a criminal offense, we are going to catch you, we are going to cost you, and you may be arrested,” Dweck stated.
Armbrister stated he determined to show himself in after studying that the surveillance footage had been broadcast broadly.
“Somebody needed to come to me and inform me that you just’re on TV,” he stated, acknowledging the position the video performed in his give up.
Authorities haven’t disclosed extra particulars in regards to the sufferer however have confirmed she was not bodily injured within the incident.
As of Monday, Armbrister is being held on the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Middle, the place his bond was listed as “to be set.”
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