Adult male on house arrest for selling cocaine brings home 13-year-old runaway girl and molests her, police say

An adult male on house arrest for selling cocaine brought a 13-year-old runaway girl to his residence in south Florida earlier this month and molested her, police said.

What are the details?

Leonel Keenan Labranche, 27, was on house arrest when he drove up to the young teen who was walking along a street after running away Jan. 9 and invited her into his home on Northwest 83rd Terrace in the county’s West Little River area, WPLG-TV reported, citing Miami-Dade police.

Police said the pair smoked marijuana and performed sex acts on each other as she stayed at Labranche's residence, the station noted.

Labranche on Jan. 12 took the girl to Memorial Hospital West in Pembroke Pines after he became concerned that she might have a sexually transmitted infection, WPLG reported, citing an arrest report.

Police added to the station that they located Labranche on Friday, and he confessed to the allegations during an interview with detectives.

Labranche was being held without bond in Miami-Dade’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Monday morning, WPLG reported.

More from the station:

Labranche, whose house arrest stemmed from charges of selling cocaine and misuse of a two-way communications device, now adds a charge of lewd and lascivious molestation to his slate of charges, which also include multiple domestic violence-related felonies in connection with separate cases.

According to jail records, Labranche's charge of selling cocaine included that it occurred within 1,000 feet of a school. Records also indicate that in another case he was charged with burglary with assault or battery.

How are folks reacting?

Commenters reacting to Labranche's arrest on Facebook and under the WPLG story were unified in their disgust at the suspect:

• "Please keep him locked up!!" one commenter begged.
• "POS," another commenter observed.

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!