Alexander Garces
Alexander Garces
Alexander Garces is a student at University of Central Florida. [0]
Education and Career
Garces graduated high school in 2013.
[0] [3]The summer after he graduated high school he was a waterfront sports coach and counselor at Camp Winaukee in Moultonborough, New Hampshire. [5]Afterwards, from 2013-2015 he attended the University of North Florida where he received an Associates degree in Health Sciences. In 2015 Garces was admitted to University of Central Florida where he is currently pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Health Sciences. For a year Garces worked as a research assistant at Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences in the University of Central Florida. Since June 2016, Garces has been working as a medical scribe at ScribeAmerica at the Florida Hospital. [5]
Rape Allegations
On August 8, 2017, Garces was arrested after he was accused of raping a 'non-binary' person at a Fraternity event. [1]The victim told officers that on July 22, he or she and a friend attended a “New Year’s in July” party at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house, which is on the campus. Garces and another man, were also at the party. Garces, who is a member of the fraternity, and the victim knew each other, but the victim met the other man for the first time at the party. The victim got separated from friends at one point, and was approached by Garces who asked the victim to go upstairs with him and the other man. [1]
Once inside the bedroom, the victim told police that Garces threw the victim to the ground and forced that person to perform a sex act.
The victim told police that Garces grabbed the victim’s hair and removed his or her shirt despite pleas to stop.
After that, the victim said the other man then forced the victim to have sex with him.
The victim said the man put his hands over the victim’s mouth and throat.
Garces was arrested at the ATO house on Monday August 8, 2017.
He told the judge he wanted to wait until his private attorney was there in order to set a bond, so he will go before a judge again on August 9, 2017.
It’s still unclear whether the other man involved has been arrested.