A Gainesville man was arrested late Friday after police said he kissed an 11-year-old girl with an open mouth before fondling her breasts.
Dwayne Eric Baker was visiting a friend’s house at 13 NE 15th St. when he saw the victim sleeping on a couch at about 11 p.m. He approached the victim and said, “You have a pretty face,” according to police.
The 47-year-old then started playing with the victim’s face, kissing her on the lips and putting his tongue inside of her mouth. He then touched the 11-year-old’s breasts through her clothes.
The girl ran to her mother who was in another room, police said. The woman said her daughter was visibly shaken and crying when she told her what Baker did.
Baker was confronted by the girl’s family before leaving the residence. The victim’s mother and another witness followed him and contacted police, who later found Baker at 1800 E. Hawthorne Road. Police also found about 2 grams of cannabis in Baker’s pocket.
Baker denied ever touching or kissing the victim.
He was arrested on two charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, marijuana possession and drug-equipment possession. His bond is currently set at $315,000.
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A Gainesville man was arrested early Thursday morning after police said he smashed his fiancee’s head between a door frame and picked up her daughter by the hair when the 9-year-old tried to call police.
At about 3:40 a.m., Christopher Mark Walsh, 54, got into an argument with his fiancee at 1800 NW Fourth St.
The victim — whom Walsh lives with and has a child with — then tried to leave the residence before the man grabbed her by her hair and dragged her inside.
Walsh then smashed the victim’s head back and forth between a door frame — cutting the woman above her left eyebrow, a report said.
When the victim’s daughter, who is not Walsh’s daughter, heard the argument and tried to call police, Walsh grabbed her by the hair and lifted her off the ground. He then dropped the girl — leaving a lump on her head — and said, “You’re not the boss of my house.”
When police arrived, the woman told police Walsh “tossed her around like a rag doll” and that he had been abusive before. Walsh was charged with domestic battery most recently on Dec. 17, 2012.
Walsh was arrested on charges of cruelty toward a child, battery and false imprisonment. His bond is currently set at $30,000.
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A Gainesville man was arrested Saturday evening after police said he had sex with his live-in girlfriend’s 14-year-old daughter.
On Oct. 7, the victim’s mother left for work at about 10:30 p.m. from her house, located at 2820 NW 13th St. With the woman gone, Demetrius Antonio Brewer, 28, was left alone with her daughter.
When the woman returned from work unexpectedly about an hour later, she found Brewer, who didn’t have clothes on, in bed with her daughter, a report said. Brewer and the victim were startled and jumped out of the bed.
Police were not contacted at the time of the incident but were later notified when the daughter went to the Alachua County Health Department and told medical staff that she had sexual intercourse with Brewer.
A report said the department contacted the Department of Children and Families, which then called police.
The victim told her mother and sister that she and Brewer had sexual intercourse, but she did not give him consent.
Brewer was arrested on charges of sexual battery on a person under 18 years old. His bond is currently set at $150,000.
