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Police search for man charged with sexually assaulting 15-year-old

11:49 PM CST on Friday, March 3, 2006

By MICHAEL MENDOZA / KVUE News

Thursday night, police are looking for a man they say drugged and sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl.

 

The girl was assaulted last October after spending a Friday night with friends.

 

Police said a 29-year-old acquaintance, Arthur Ortiz, slipped a drug into the girl’s drink at a fast food Mexican food restaurant.

 

The girl said she blacked out, and cannot remember what happened later that evening.

 

Doctors at St. David’s confirmed the girl was sexually assaulted and a drug was found in her system.

 

After hearing results from the hospital Police had very little to identify the suspect - Ortiz’s first name and a tattoo that read “ATX Capital City.”

 

Police have tried using information about the tattoo and a database that tracks identifying markers on people police come to know.

 

Police charged Ortiz when the drug used in the assault was identified as Xanax.

 

Xanax is a prescription drug used to treat anxiety disorders.

 

Overdose symptoms include drowsiness, confusion and loss of consciousness.

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