{"id":402794,"date":"2026-09-17T19:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402794\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T19:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:40:11","slug":"mri-tech-arrested-in-brevard-county-after-alleged-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402794\/","title":{"rendered":"MRI tech arrested in Brevard County after alleged sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"

MRI technician arrested in Brevard County after patient alleges sexual assault during scan<\/p>\n

\"MadilynPORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

An MRI technician has been arrested in Brevard County Wednesday after a patient accused him of sexually assaulting her while she was in for her scan, according to the Port St. Lucie Police Department.<\/p>\n

Forty-two-year-old Gabriel Cruz was the MRI technician assigned to the procedure on Sept. 13, PSLPD said.<\/p>\n

Video evidence from the hospital showed Cruz exiting the MRI room after the victim and disposing of materials. Those materials were later secured and tested by law enforcement, police said.<\/p>\n

The test results showed the materials were positive for the presence of male semen, according to a news release from the police department.<\/p>\n

Police said he assaulted a 64-year-old woman at HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital who was given medication before her MRI that caused her to become significantly drowsy.<\/p>\n

Cruz is charged with sexual battery involving a victim who was physically helpless or incapacitated. <\/p>\n

The investigation remains active and ongoing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MRI technician arrested in Brevard County after patient alleges sexual assault during scan PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[315,160224,5078,1598,20612,160226,160225,6035,132,171,173,172,6545,160227,2248,1311,6411,663],"class_list":["post-402794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-brevard-county","tag-gabriel-cruz","tag-hospital","tag-law-enforcement","tag-material","tag-mri-room","tag-mri-technician","tag-patient","tag-police","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-pslpd","tag-scan","tag-sept","tag-sexual-assault","tag-victim","tag-video-evidence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402794","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=402794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}