A sheriff in the Florida suburbs took to X to voice his outrage over a 24-year-old illegal immigrant allegedly breaking into a local home to conduct an "over-the-top," "vicious sexual battery" on a 77-year-old woman.Polk County, Florida, Sheriff Grady Judd blasted Honduran illegal immigrant Axel Antonio Espinal Herrera, who he said is was arrested on charges of committing "one of the most horrific crimes that we’ve seen in this county in a very long time."Though the sheriff voiced his frustration that "this couldn’t have occurred if [Herrera] was not in this country," he promised that his office’s goal is to make sure that Herrera "will be in a United States prison for the rest of his life upon conviction.""Sexual battery of an individual is without a doubt one of the most horrific crimes that occurs.And a violent, out-of-control sexual battery on a stranger even elevates that one more level.
And then you take on top of that the suspect is in this country illegally, that pushes it over the top," said Judd.EXCLUSIVE: DHS ASKS FLORIDA NOT TO RELEASE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED OF DRUGGING, RAPING WOMAN AFTER CLUBBING24-year-old Honduran illegal immigrant Axel Antonio Espinal Herrera (right) was arrested by the Polk County, Florida, Sheriff's Office and is facing charges in connection with a violent sexual assault on a 77-year-old woman.(Courtesy of Polk County, Florida, Sheriff's Office via X)According to the sheriff’s office, the sexual assault occurred around 4 a.m.
on Saturday.A statement by the office said the elderly victim awoke after a noise and saw an unknown man who entered her bedroom, forcibly removed her clothes and sexually battered her, slapping her when she attempted to get away.The office said the victim "attempted to escape through the front door when the suspect went into the bathroom, but the suspect chased after her and dragged her back inside and choked her."After the assault, the suspect vacated the scene, which is when the victim contac...