Would you react the same way ?Thinking he was meeting a 15-year-old girl Friday morning, a 26-year-old Batesville man was surprised to find the girl’s father waiting for him.
Santiago Garcia, of Davis Lane Trailer Park, reportedly went to a location on Highway 233 outside Sulphur Rock around 7:30 a.m. for a rendezvous with the girl and ended up in a fight with her father, according to Independence County Deputy Dustin Robbins.
Robbins said he was first dispatched to the area regarding two men fighting at an accident scene.
“After speaking with the subjects for a few minutes, I found that the Hispanic male was at that location to meet with the white male’s 15-year-old daughter, but dad had learned of the situation and met him instead,†Robbins said.
According to Robbins, Garcia, dressed in lounge pants and a tank top shirt, first gave him a name of Diego Luna, the name of a famous Mexican actor, and said he was 23 years old. He also reportedly said he had a driver’s license, but not with him.
Garcia’s driver’s license was reportedly found while he was looking for insurance papers on his car. Robbins said that is when he learned that Garcia had given him an alias. When asked about the phony name, Garcia reportedly said that was the name the girl knew him by.
After placing Garcia under arrest, Robbins said an inventory of Garcia’s car turned up a roll of duct tape, and he had a condom in his wallet.
“I asked Garcia what he intended to do when he met the girl and he advised that they were just going to talk,†Robbins said.
At the county jail, Garcia was cited for criminal impersonation. He reportedly revealed that he was in the U.S. illegally, and an immigration hold was placed on him for federal agents.
The father of the girl was not charged in the incident.
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