Miami man accused of assaulting theater manager during children’s rehearsal

MIAMI – A 37-year-old antheral was arrested Monday aft constabulary said helium assaulted a manager astatine a theatre and resisted officers who tried to instrumentality him into custody.

Officers with the Miami Police Department said they responded conscionable earlier 6 p.m. to reports of a trespasser attacking radical astatine the Manuel Artime Theater, located astatine 900 SW First St. successful the city’s Little Havana neighborhood.

When they arrived, constabulary said they were flagged down by the venue manager, who pointed retired the fishy walking distant from the scene.

Officers identified the antheral arsenic Manuel Arturo Baldizon Sarria and attempted to detain him, but constabulary said helium resisted apprehension by tensing up and pulling away. He was yet taken into custody aft a little struggle.

According to an apprehension report, the theatre manager and different witnesser confronted Baldizon Sarria aft teachers described him arsenic a “suspicious antheral lasting uncomfortably close” to girls ages 7 to 12 during a creation rehearsal.

Though the theatre is simply a nationalist venue, the manager — a metropolis worker — revoked support for him to stay connected the property, the study stated.

Police said Baldizon Sarria refused to permission and escalated the confrontation by slapping the manager doubly successful the face, knocking disconnected the victim’s glasses.

A witnesser utilized a city-issued exigency vigor to interaction dispatch directly, prompting a constabulary response.

Surveillance video reviewed by detectives confirmed the victim’s and witness’s accounts, according to the report.

Jail records amusement Baldizon Sarria is facing 1 number each of burglary with battle oregon artillery and resisting an serviceman without violence.

Authorities said helium declined to talk with investigators aft invoking his rights astatine the constabulary station. Officers noted that helium showed nary signs of intoxication.

As of Tuesday, Baldizon Sarria is being held astatine the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, wherever his enslaved is listed arsenic “to beryllium set.”

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