SPARKS, Nev. (AP) - Sparks police have arrested a suspect in the beating and sexual assault of a homeless woman that he had offered to take in at his home.
Police say 43-year-old Randy Flores Jr. contacted the woman at a homeless shelter last week and offered her a shower, food and a warm place to stay.
But police say once he persuaded her to go to his home on Hymer Avenue, he beat her, hit her with a frying pan, strangled her, taped her mouth shut with duct tape and sexually assaulted her.
Police found her Friday on a city bus and she was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Flores has been booked on suspicion of sexual assault, kidnapping, battery causing substantial bodily harm and strangulation.
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