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03/08/10: Man, 32 molests 15 year old


Miami Herald

A man accused of molesting a 15-year-old girl who flew from California to Florida for him has been arrested.

Posted on Thu, May. 01, 2008
BY DIANA MOSKOVITZ


Police have arrested a man accused of luring a Southern California girl he met on MySpace.com to South Florida, where he is accused of molesting her.

Ansen L. Brown, 32, was arrested Wednesday morning in Greenville, S.C., according to Hollywood police. He was being held in the Greenville County Detention Center until he can be brought to Florida, police said.

''We're glad he is in custody and we know his whereabouts,'' police spokesman Sgt. Manny Marino said.

Brown and the 15-year-old girl had talked on MySpace.com for about four months, police said. She lived in Fullerton, Calif. He lived in South Florida.

Brown bought the teen a plane ticket, and on April 10, he picked her up at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, then drove her to apartment No. 8 at 1743 Moffett St. in Hollywood, according to the arrest affidavit.

Once there, Brown took away all her forms of identification and gave her a new one with a different name and birthday, the affidavit said.

Then, as she lay on the bed, Brown molested her.

Meanwhile, Hollywood police got word from a Fullerton police detective that they were looking for a missing teen and believed she was at the Moffett Street address, the affidavit said.

Hollywood police arrived shortly before 6:30 a.m. that day. They found the teen inside, and Brown was gone.

Greenville police noticed Brown early Wednesday morning ''acting strangely'' near a local hotel, Marino said. They stopped him, asked for identification, and found the warrant out for his arrest, Marino said.

With Brown in custody, police are concerned about other potential victims, Marino said. So far, none have come forward. ''Hopefully, this was it, and we don't have anymore,'' he said.