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Sarasota News Leader January 10, 2014 Page 76 TWO SARASOTA MEN ARRESTED ON SEXUAL BATTERY CHARGES Two men have been arrested in connection with an alleged sexual battery case that necessitated a Jan. 6 deployment of the Sarasota Police Department's SWAT team to a 17th Street residence in Sarasota, the department has announced. According to the report, the victim said she was at a restaurant with both men on Sunday night; she had gone there to ask Serrano for money to buy gas. She told officers that both men drank numerous beers and she had a couple of tequila shots, the report continues. However, she said the men did not appear intoxicated, the report adds. The victim told the officers that Serrano said she could sleep at his apartment, which was nearby, so she would not have to drive home after consuming the alcoholic beverages, the report says. Francisco Serrano, 28, of 2072½ 17th St., Sarasota, has been charged with Sexual Battery and Aggravated Assault with a Firearm, while Pastor Mendiola-Martinez, 26, of 3232 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, has been charged with Sexual Battery, a news release While all three of them were in the apartsays. ment, the victim told officers, the two men At approximately 3:50 a.m. on Jan. 6, officers began speaking in Spanish, which she does responded to a call in reference to an armed not understand. They started to remove their sexual battery in the 2000 block of 17th Street, clothes and began kissing her, the victim said, the release continues. according to the report. Then they began to Pastor Mendiola-Martinez/Contributed photo Francisco Serrano/Contributed photo