MAN ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT

NORTH PORT POLICE ARRESTED THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING AN ELDERLY WOMAN OVER THE WEEKEND.  POLICE RELEASED A SKETCH OF THE MAN LATE TUESDAY, AND THEY ARRESTED 23 YEAR OLD EDUARDO BASKAS OF WARM MINERAL SPRINGS.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES GOT A FINGERPRINT HIT AND USED OTHER FORENSICS EVIDENCE FROM THE CRIME SCENE TO LINK TO BASKAS.  HE WAS ACTUALLY ARRESTED BY POLICE ON AN UNRELATED CHARGE TUESDAY EVENING AND WAS SITTING IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL WHEN A WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR HIS ARREST.  POLICE CHIEF TERRY LEWIS TOLD THE SUN THEY WILL DO MORE DNA TESTING AND OTHER WORK ON THE CASE, AND HE PRAISED THE VICTIM FOR BEING BRAVE AND OFFERING A DETAILED DESCRIPTION TO HELP MAKE A QUICK CAPTURE.  CAPTAIN BOB ESTRADA WARNED RESIDENTS NOT TO OPEN THEIR DOOR TO SOMEONE CLAIMING TO OFFER A SERVICE THEY DID NOT ARRANGE FOR, AND THEY SHOULD REPORT ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY TO POLICE AT 426-3111.