{"id":152,"date":"2026-05-12T06:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2026-05-12T06:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:04:22","slug":"man-arrested-in-2013-attempted-sex-battery-case-in-dania-beach-bso-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in 2013 attempted sex battery case in Dania Beach, BSO says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>More than 13 years after a woman was the victim of a frightening attempted sexual battery in Dania Beach, authorities said they&#8217;ve arrested a suspect in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=150\">30 years later, ValuJet crash still impacts the aviation industry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The investigation began on Jan. 21, 2013, a day after the attempted sexual battery happened at an event called Igloo South Florida on Southwest 31st Street in Dania Beach, Broward Sheriff&#8217;s Office officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The victim said she was at the event when she became incapacitated and woke up in an unknown vehicle with two unknown men, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Her pants had been pulled down and one of the men left DNA evidence behind, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The case was investigated for years but went cold, until BSO&#8217;s Special Victim Unit was assigned in November 2025 and used advanced DNA testing.<\/p>\n<p>Using the DNA sample, investigators identified the suspect as 39-year-old Jose Bello, a man who&#8217;s been living in Georgia, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=148\">Broward School Board approves plan to cut 1,000 jobs from district<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The victim was given a photo array and said Bello was familiar to her, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators also traveled to Georgia and met with Bello, who was served a DNA warrant.<\/p>\n<p>A DNA sample was submitted to BSO&#8217;s Crime Lab, which confirmed the initial testing that showed the DNA found on the victim belonged to Bello, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Bello was arrested May 5 on a charge of attempted sexual battery to an incapacitated victim, and was expected to be extradited to Broward.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=146\">Woman describes frightening encounter in Hollywood Beach with shooting suspect<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 13 years after a woman was the victim of a frightening attempted sexual battery in Dania Beach, authorities said they&#8217;ve arrested a suspect in\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dania-beach"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man arrested in 2013 attempted sex battery case in Dania Beach, BSO says - Jacksonville Moving News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man arrested in 2013 attempted sex battery case in Dania Beach, BSO says - Jacksonville Moving News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"More than 13 years after a woman was the victim of a frightening attempted sexual battery in Dania Beach, authorities said they&#8217;ve arrested a suspect in\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jacksonville Moving News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-12T06:04:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4fa39139c3c9cecf9d09e14f931ffc41.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=152#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=152\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bd97a0052a7a1d8119a1fd0b85af888b\"},\"headline\":\"Man arrested in 2013 attempted sex battery case in Dania Beach, BSO says\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-12T06:04:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=152\"},\"wordCount\":278,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=152#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/4fa39139c3c9cecf9d09e14f931ffc41.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Dania Beach\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=152#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=152\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=152\",\"name\":\"Man arrested in 2013 attempted sex battery case in Dania Beach, BSO says - Jacksonville Moving News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=152#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=152#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/4fa39139c3c9cecf9d09e14f931ffc41.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-12T06:04:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bd97a0052a7a1d8119a1fd0b85af888b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=152#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=152\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=152#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/4fa39139c3c9cecf9d09e14f931ffc41.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/4fa39139c3c9cecf9d09e14f931ffc41.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?p=152#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Man arrested in 2013 attempted sex battery case in Dania Beach, BSO says\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jacksonville Moving News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bd97a0052a7a1d8119a1fd0b85af888b\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Man arrested in 2013 attempted sex battery case in Dania Beach, BSO says - Jacksonville Moving News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Man arrested in 2013 attempted sex battery case in Dania Beach, BSO says - Jacksonville Moving News","og_description":"More than 13 years after a woman was the victim of a frightening attempted sexual battery in Dania Beach, authorities said they&#8217;ve arrested a suspect in\u2026","og_url":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152","og_site_name":"Jacksonville Moving News","article_published_time":"2026-05-12T06:04:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4fa39139c3c9cecf9d09e14f931ffc41.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd97a0052a7a1d8119a1fd0b85af888b"},"headline":"Man arrested in 2013 attempted sex battery case in Dania Beach, BSO says","datePublished":"2026-05-12T06:04:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152"},"wordCount":278,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4fa39139c3c9cecf9d09e14f931ffc41.webp","articleSection":["Dania Beach"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152","url":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152","name":"Man arrested in 2013 attempted sex battery case in Dania Beach, BSO says - Jacksonville Moving News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4fa39139c3c9cecf9d09e14f931ffc41.webp","datePublished":"2026-05-12T06:04:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd97a0052a7a1d8119a1fd0b85af888b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4fa39139c3c9cecf9d09e14f931ffc41.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4fa39139c3c9cecf9d09e14f931ffc41.webp","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=152#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Man arrested in 2013 attempted sex battery case in Dania Beach, BSO says"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/","name":"Jacksonville Moving News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd97a0052a7a1d8119a1fd0b85af888b","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com"],"url":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}