PARKLAND, FLA. (WSVN) - A man has been charged after, authorities said, he caused horror at home for a woman in Parkland.
Fifty-four-year-old Antonio Doll faces several charges, including sexual battery and armed burglary, after, investigators said, he forced his way into a woman’s home on Monday afternoon.
According to deputies, on Oct. 23, Doll sexually battered the victim on her Parkland home, near 441 in Hillsborough Boulevard
“Last Monday, unfortunately, one of our local residents in Parkland, returning home from work, was brutally attacked, held basically hostage in her home, and property was stolen, and she was also sexually battered,” Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony said.
Surveillance video Doll walking with his bicycle through a Parkland neighborhood.
Investigators said the 54-year-old waited inside the victim’s home.
After the victim came home from work, the arrest report states, “She was hit and thrown on the [family room] floor.”
The arrest report further states, “The subject, using a sharp object, forced the victim to a bedroom where he sexually battered her. Moments later, the subject ransacked her bedroom, took some of her personal items and fled the area.”
Detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office arrested Doll in Miami on Friday.
7News on Monday learned that Doll has spent the last 30 years behind bars on charges of burglary and was released back in March.
“The suspect, career burglar, knows the way to case a house, decided to break into that home and didn’t leave it at that,” Tony said. “You know one thing about breaking into a home and stealing someone’s property, you know, those things can be recovered, but when you steal someone’s dignity and humanity, that’s a burden that the victim’s gonna carry forever.”
According to Tony, there was no personal relationship between Doll and the victim.
He is currently being is held at the BSO Main Jail until his hearing.
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