North Miami Beach police say a teenage girl was found earlier this month drugged and sexually assaulted at a home, and a 23-year-old Miami Gardens man is now accused of being behind it. The suspect, identified in police records as Junior Pericles Cher‑Frere, allegedly gave the teen drugs before sexual encounters and remains in county custody while investigators keep digging into the case. The investigation picked up speed after a 911 caller reported finding a teen lying on the ground and flagged down officers.
According to an arrest report cited by the Miami Herald, officers were dispatched on March 4 to a North Miami Beach residence after that 911 call. North Miami Beach police arrested Cher‑Frere a week later, on March 11, on counts that include lewd or lascivious battery on a minor and delivery of a controlled substance to a minor.
Police told investigators the girl first met Cher‑Frere when she was 13 and he was about 20, according to the Herald’s account of the report. The relationship later included sexual contact. The teen described feeling “hazy and unable to think clearly” after using marijuana she said he provided. The arrest report, as summarized by the Herald, quotes Cher‑Frere as saying he continued the sexual activity “because of threats by the girl.”
Arrest, address records and booking
Public property records list Cher‑Frere at an address in Miami Gardens. After his arrest, county facility information shows he was taken to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, Miami-Dade County’s designated booking center.
Property records for Pericles Cher‑Frere can be found via FloridaParcels, which ties him to the Miami Gardens address, while Miami-Dade Corrections data lists him as currently held at TGK.
Charges and potential penalties
Prosecutors are weighing counts of lewd or lascivious battery on a minor and delivering a controlled substance to a minor, both offenses that Florida law classifies as felonies. Lewd or lascivious offenses are defined under state law and can carry prison time; see Florida Statutes §800.04, and consult the state’s criminal-punishment classifications for drug-delivery offenses for how sentencing might be calculated.
What’s next
It is not yet clear what formal charges the State Attorney’s Office will ultimately file or when Cher‑Frere will first appear in court. Booking records list him as remaining in county custody at TGK. For now, the case stays in the hands of North Miami Beach detectives and prosecutors as they sort through witness statements, records and the initial 911 call.
