A 37-year-old man is behind bars after deputies say he slipped into a northwest Miami-Dade apartment before dawn Thursday and touched a sleeping 13-year-old boy. The child screamed, his parents rushed in, and the family allegedly tackled and held the intruder until deputies showed up. Authorities say the man later admitted he had no permission to be inside and acknowledged touching the boy.
What deputies say
According to Local10, the suspect, identified as 37-year-old Karl Heinz Mercier, walked into a unit at the Park Towers complex on Northwest 155th Lane at about 4 a.m. Deputies say Mercier lay down on the boy’s bed while the teen slept and put his hand inside the child’s underwear, fondling him. The boy’s parents told deputies they had never met Mercier and had not given him permission to enter their home.
Arrest, charges and custody
When the boy screamed, his parents rushed to the bedroom and confronted the man as he…..