{"id":236279,"date":"2026-04-17T23:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/236279\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T23:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:03:31","slug":"broward-deputies-arrest-teen-in-weston-assault-and-indecent-exposure-case-caught-on-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/236279\/","title":{"rendered":"Broward deputies arrest teen in Weston assault and indecent exposure case caught on video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 17-year-old has been arrested after detectives say he was recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/bso-indecent-exposure-weston-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">caught on camera<\/a>\u00a0assaulting a woman and exposing himself in Weston, authorities said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Broward Sheriff&#8217;s Office took the teenager into custody on Friday, charging him with one count of sexual battery.\u00a0 Detectives say they used technological resources and old-fashioned police work to make this arrest after what they call an &#8220;intensive and exhaustive investigation&#8221; to locate the suspect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened last Wednesday, April 8, near the 16300 block of Gulf Club Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance video shows the suspect BSO deputies describe as a &#8220;light-skinned male wearing a khaki hoodie and distinctive red and black pants&#8221; approaching a woman before the victim said he grabbed her from behind. \u00a0The two can be seen struggling before the suspect walks away. BSO reported the suspect fled the scene on a scooter.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was also seen exposing and pleasuring himself in a nearby parking lot, according to BSO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following his arrest, the 17-year-old male was transported to the Juvenile Assessment Center. It is unknown if he will be charged as a juvenile or an adult.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors in a housing complex nearby reacted to the video when police were searching for a suspect<\/p>\n<p>When BSO was searching for the suspect, CBS News Miami showed the video to neighbors, asking if anyone recognized the suspect. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They said that they didn&#8217;t know the suspect and were unaware of the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s pretty shocking. I mean, as a man, I probably wouldn&#8217;t be so much, but my wife would be alarmed by something like that, obviously. Especially here in our own backyard,&#8221; Kevin Turnbull, a neighbor, said.<\/p>\n<p>A woman identified as Sunny, whose mother lives in the adjacent building, was informed of the situation. &#8220;I&#8217;ll have to go inform her about this,&#8221; Sunny said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have not said whether anyone was hurt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 17-year-old has been arrested after detectives say he was recently\u00a0caught on camera\u00a0assaulting a woman and exposing himself&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8128,506,265,7726,123,125,124,807,15353],"class_list":{"0":"post-236279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-assault","9":"tag-broward-county","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-crime-stoppers","12":"tag-miami","13":"tag-miami-headlines","14":"tag-miami-news","15":"tag-south-florida","16":"tag-weston"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}