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A Venezuelan migrant is accused of molesting a boy under the age of 12 in Gainesville, Florida, local police revealed.
Jhoiber De Jesus Marin-Perez, a 25-year-old Venezuelan migrant, was arrested by the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday and charged with sexual battery of a child under 12 years old.
Marin-Perez, who had only been staying at the residence for about a month at the time of the alleged incident, told police that he is bisexual and has not had a sexual partner since arriving in the United States from Venezuela.
Marin-Perez also said the victim may have accused him of sexual battery because he was previously accused of raping two girls in his native Venezuela. He remains held without bail at the Alachua County Jail.
