The article did not say he is an illegal alien but look at the link after the article and that is his booking info. According to the immigration part regarding a warrant and bond indicates he is illegal. In cases where they are a legal resident and have commited a felony crime and they are looking at deportation they only put hold for immigration in the booking info.

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Man charged in three sexual assaults
Posted on Thu, Jul. 10, 2008

BY LAURA ISENSEE AND DAVID OVALLE
dovalle@MiamiHerald.com

Arturo Ortiz Soto has been charged with two sexual batteries and an attempted sexual battery.Miami Beach police have arrested a man suspected in three sexual attacks over the past two years, the department said Thursday.

Arturo Ortiz Soto, 29, a sushi chef, was booked into Miami-Dade County Jail early Thursday and charged with two sexual batteries and an attempted sexual battery, according to jail records. He also faces two robbery charges.

Police said Ortiz confessed to the three crimes and also to other attempts that occurred in 2007.

Ortiz was arrested for an attempted assault that happened Wednesday night. This is what police say happened:

Ortiz lured a woman into a dark alleyway near Ninth Street and Ocean Drive. He started punching the woman. A homeless person saw the attack and began screaming.

Ortiz then fled and a bystander spotted him getting into a taxi. The bystander alerted police, who arrested Ortiz.

That's when, police say, Ortiz confessed to the attacks in 2006 and 2008 that involved two tourists in Miami Beach. He told detectives he would try to lure the women with drugs. He would also steal their cellphones so they couldn't call police.

Police said Ortiz looked for American, fair-skinned women.

''That is his ideal woman,'' said Detective Osvaldo Ramos of the Miami Beach police.

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