The Brief
- Chandler police arrested 35-year-old Robert Casillas on Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl at an apartment complex pool in July.
- Detectives built the felony case against Casillas using apartment surveillance footage and a recorded phone call in which he reportedly made incriminating admissions to the victim.
- When officers confronted the repeat offender with the audio recording during his interrogation, police say Casillas relented and admitted, “Obviously it happened.”
CHANDLER, Ariz. – Chandler police have arrested a 35-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl at an apartment complex swimming pool.
What we know:
Robert Mark Vicente Casillas was taken into custody Thursday morning at the luxury apartment complex near Price and Germann roads and booked into Maricopa County jail on a felony charge of sexual conduct with a minor. Investigators say the incident occurred on July 1, but formal reporting did not occur until the teenager and her family returned from a trip out of town, where they were attending a relative’s funeral.…