HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (WSVN) - Police have made an arrest in connection to a home invasion that ended with a sexual assault in Hollywood.
Investigators arrested 35-year-old Andre Brian McGriff, Friday.
Detectives said DNA evidence collected at the scene led to McGriff’s arrest. “Ultimately, it did come down to the DNA being a match and coming back to both of those incidents,” said Miranda Grossman of the Hollywood Police Department.
Police said the suspect broke into a Hollywood home on Jan. 18 and sexually assaulted the homeowner.
The suspect was also arrested for the burglary and assault of a 13-year-old victim on Dec. 4, where the suspect sexually molested the teen. This also happened in Hollywood.
On or about Nov. 18, as well as Jan. 11, there were similar occupied burglaries in close proximity with the same “modus operandi.”
Detectives found McGriff Thursday morning and monitored him before arresting him Friday morning.
“This criminal could have committed more burglaries, could have been involved in other incidents,” said Grossman, “and that’s why we need people to come forward.”
Those seen entering McGriff’s home hid their faces from 7News cameras.
McGriff faces charges of sexual battery, burglary, burglary with assault, petit theft, false imprisonment and lewd/lascivious molestation. The suspect faces life in prison if convicted.
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