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Miramar Police Arrest Suspect in Multiple Sexual Batteries, Seek Additional Victims

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Published on March 25, 2024
Miramar Police Arrest Suspect in Multiple Sexual Batteries, Seek Additional VictimsSource: Facebook/Miramar Police Department

Miramar Police have disseminated a flyer and are seeking the public's help in uncovering additional victims after arresting Maurice Teledo Cherry, a 36-year-old man implicated in multiple sexual batteries involving firearms, as reported by WSVN. Cherry was apprehended on November 1 for a September 10 incident where he allegedly sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl at gunpoint near Southwest 62nd Avenue and County Line Road in Miramar. This grave accusation has since spurred greater inquiry into Cherry's activities.

Further to the case, it has been revealed that the suspect is connected to a second sexual battery event that occurred in another city, Miami-Dade County to be precise, where Cherry is accused of attacking another young female victim, NBC Miami relayed. Through these harrowing tales emerge a pattern, a dark-colored BMW sedan Cherry was believed to be driving at the time of both incidents threading these violent occurences together.

The solicitation for additional information is not merely procedural; it is a clarion call for clarity, a reach into the dark for other possible survivors of this man's alleged predations. Miramar Police emphasize the urgency of this matter imploring anyone who might know more, or might have suffered silence in the wake of such assaults to contact Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS, a plea shared by both WSVN and NBC Miami.

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