NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) – A man is under arrest after being accused of a disturbing crime involving a teen.<\/p>\n
According to police, 37-year-old Karl Mercier broke into an apartment at Park Towers near Northwest 155th Lane and Seventh Avenue in Northwest Miami-Dade, Thursday.<\/p>\n
After he broke into the unit, police say Mercier inappropriately touched a 13-year-old boy and laid next to him in his bed while he was sleeping.<\/p>\n
The boy immediately screamed for help, alerting his parents, who were sleeping in a separate room at the time.<\/p>\n
As Mercier attempted to flee, he was confronted by the victim\u2019s parents and subsequently taken into custody by responding deputies, according to the arrest report.<\/p>\n
Mercier was charged with sexual battery on a minor and burglary.<\/p>\n
Mercier stood before a judge, Friday, where he was ordered to stay away from the victim.<\/p>\n
No bond was given on both charges and Mercier remains behind bars.<\/p>\n
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