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May 29, 2009 12:00 am US/Eastern

Bal Harbor Officer Faces Child Sex Crime Charges

BAL HARBOUR (CBS4) ― A Bal Harbor police officer has been suspended without pay and taken into custody by the Miami-Dade police department, a spokesperson for the Bal Harbor police department confirmed Thursday afternoon. Miami-Dade corrections sources said the officer was charged with a sex crime involving a child.  The officer allegedly has confessed to the crime.

Officer Rene Guillen, 32, was taken into custody late Thursday afternoon, said Bal Harbor Police Captain Jay Smith. Smith would not say what charges were filed against Guillen, but the Miami-Dade Corrections Department booking center said Officer Guillen was booked on a charge of sexual battery against a minor under the age of 12.

A press release later stated the victim was seven-years-old, and was allegedly sexually assaulted the victim while she visited Guillen's residence on April 25, 2009, at approximately 8:00 p.m.

Officer Guillen was suspended without pay, according to Captain Smith, and released into the custody of the Miami-Dade police department for transport to the Miami-Dade County Jail, where he was set to be booked on the charge against him.

Miami-Dade police had no immediate comment about the arrest.

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