REDDICK - Marion County sheriff's deputies arrested an undocumented immigrant from Guanajuato, Mexico, on Sunday evening on charges of molesting an 8-year-old girl.
The victim's grandmother entered a bedroom and found Martin Ramirez Garcia, 43, with the girl, sheriff's Detective Mariam Diaz said.
"She didn't see the actual touching, but she saw him on top of her," Diaz said. "The grandmother beat him off of her."
According to the arrest affidavit, the victim told an investigator that Ramirez Garcia touched her inappropriately over her clothing on several occasions and exposed himself to her. Diaz said the victim's 5-year-old sister also saw Garcia touch the 8-year-old but was not a victim herself.
In a videotaped interview, Ramirez Garcia admitted touching the girl three times and exposing himself to her, according to the affidavit.
"When asked if he touched the 5-year-old, [Ramirez Garcia] said no," Diaz said. "He said she was too young."
Garcia was taken to the Marion County Jail and charged with lewd and lascivious molestation and lewd and lascivious exhibition.