Saturday, June 11, 2011 - 8:39am
Brownsville police arrested a man who they say threatened a woman with a knife and attempted to sexually assault her.
It happened on Thursday as the victim was invited to a barbeque to the suspects home. Manuel Rodriguez forced the woman into his home and threatened her with a knife and tried to sexually assault her. The victim was able to run out of the house and call police to the scene. Rodriguez was arraigned on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, unlawful restraint, attempted sexual assault and resisting.