BIG COPPITT KEY, FL - On Wednesday, June 25th, two women were arrested on child neglect charges after authorities said they allegedly provided a girl with a variety of alcoholic beverages before a 15-year-old boy raped her.
An arrest warrant from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) states that the two women, identified as 40-year-old Sandra Vivine Suarez Ramirez and 23-year-old Janessa Marie Pierce, picked up the young girl on February 11th from her uncle's house in Key West and went to a Winn-Dixie liquor store to buy alcohol, Local10 reported.
The victim's age was redacted from the warrant, but deputies said that the girl told investigators that "Sandra told them to hide their faces from the camera."
The warrant stated that after going to Pierce's home, both women gave the young girl Tito's vodka, Twisted Teas, and Captain Morgan's rum.
Authorities said that Suarez Ramirez, who is related to the victim, "would make her drink straight Tito's vodka shots of alcohol from the bottle."
The warrant said that the girl told investigators that the 15-year-old boy, Pierce's brother, was drinking too. "[The victim] said that Sandra told her that she was going to become a woman tonight," one MCSO investigator wrote in the arrest report.
Authorities said that the boy then took the young girl to a bedroom where Suarez Ramirez and Pierce were already inside.
The girl told investigators that the "two left when Sandra told Janessa to leave." The 15-year-old boy then raped the young girl, deputies said.
On February 19th, deputies spoke with the two women. "Janessa said they did buy alcohol, but it was for them (her and Sandra) and not the teens," the warrant states.
"Janessa said she keeps a bottle of Captain Morgan Rum alcohol in the refrigerator and anyone has access to the alcohol."
"Janessa or Sandra can't account for the victim or the suspect's whereabouts saying that they had left to a party in Big Coppitt Key, but they did not know where this alleged party was," the warrant further revealed. "Janessa and Sandra said they were in their room locking their door."
Deputies said they met with the teenage sexual battery suspect at the Department of Juvenile Justice Jail.
"The suspect said he could not remember much because he was drunk, the suspect said that the victim agreed to sexual intercourse by saying yes to him and he did not have sexual intercourse with the victim," according to the report.
Authorities said that the two women "failed to protect" the young girl. As of Thursday, June 26th, both women were being held in MCSO's Key West jail on a $10,000 bond each, according to Law & Crime.
An arrest warrant from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) states that the two women, identified as 40-year-old Sandra Vivine Suarez Ramirez and 23-year-old Janessa Marie Pierce, picked up the young girl on February 11th from her uncle's house in Key West and went to a Winn-Dixie liquor store to buy alcohol, Local10 reported.
The victim's age was redacted from the warrant, but deputies said that the girl told investigators that "Sandra told them to hide their faces from the camera."
The warrant stated that after going to Pierce's home, both women gave the young girl Tito's vodka, Twisted Teas, and Captain Morgan's rum.
Authorities said that Suarez Ramirez, who is related to the victim, "would make her drink straight Tito's vodka shots of alcohol from the bottle."
The warrant said that the girl told investigators that the 15-year-old boy, Pierce's brother, was drinking too. "[The victim] said that Sandra told her that she was going to become a woman tonight," one MCSO investigator wrote in the arrest report.
Authorities said that the boy then took the young girl to a bedroom where Suarez Ramirez and Pierce were already inside.
The girl told investigators that the "two left when Sandra told Janessa to leave." The 15-year-old boy then raped the young girl, deputies said.
On February 19th, deputies spoke with the two women. "Janessa said they did buy alcohol, but it was for them (her and Sandra) and not the teens," the warrant states.
"Janessa said she keeps a bottle of Captain Morgan Rum alcohol in the refrigerator and anyone has access to the alcohol."
"Janessa or Sandra can't account for the victim or the suspect's whereabouts saying that they had left to a party in Big Coppitt Key, but they did not know where this alleged party was," the warrant further revealed. "Janessa and Sandra said they were in their room locking their door."
Deputies said they met with the teenage sexual battery suspect at the Department of Juvenile Justice Jail.
"The suspect said he could not remember much because he was drunk, the suspect said that the victim agreed to sexual intercourse by saying yes to him and he did not have sexual intercourse with the victim," according to the report.
Authorities said that the two women "failed to protect" the young girl. As of Thursday, June 26th, both women were being held in MCSO's Key West jail on a $10,000 bond each, according to Law & Crime.
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