CAPE CORAL, Florida — A 27-year-old man was arrested Sunday after allegedly groping a minor and attempting to burglarize a vehicle, according to the Cape Coral Police Department. The incidents occurred at two separate locations on NE Pine Island Road.
Officers first responded to a report of inappropriate touching at 1890 NE Pine Island Rd, where a 17-year-old girl was allegedly groped by an unknown man while shopping with her sibling. Surveillance footage confirmed the incident, showing a white male with short curly hair and sunglasses grabbing the minor’s buttocks before leaving the store.
Later that afternoon, police were called to 1819 NE Pine Island Rd for a burglary report. A woman reported that a man attempted to enter her vehicle while her two daughters were inside. The suspect, identified as Nelson Antonio Prado, age 27, of Cape Coral, Florida, was detained nearby. The woman confirmed Prado was the man who tried to access her vehicle, and officers found a torn-up Social Security card for Prado in a nearby recycling bin…