Alabama man crawls into bed with woman at Miami Beach hostel, sexually assaults her, according to police
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Miami Beach police arrested 61-year-old Joel Patrick Bush on Thursday after they were called to the Bikini Hostel at 1255 West Ave. (WPLG)
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A Montgomery, Alabama, man is facing a charge of sexual battery after a woman told police that he climbed into bed with her at a hostel in Miami Beach and sexually assaulted her.
Miami Beach police arrested 61-year-old Joel Patrick Bush on Thursday after they were called to the Bikini Hostel at 1255 West Ave.
It is there that they said they found Bush in the courtyard area of the hostel, shirtless and in his underwear, putting on a pair of shorts. Miami Beach police officers said they also met with the victim at the scene and she identified Bush as the man who had entered her room.
Alabama man crawls into stranger’s Miami hotel bed, sexually batters her, police say
Updated 10:08 AM;
By Carli Teproff The Miami Herald (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
An Alabama man has been charged with sexual battery after police say he crawled into bed with a woman who was staying at a Miami Beach hostel.
The woman who had left the door open to her room for her boyfriend told police she woke up with the stranger in-between her legs.
Officers found the man, identified by authorities as 61-year-old Joel Bush from Montgomery, in the courtyard of the hostel, wearing boxers and no shirt, according to a police report.