A Phoenix firefighter was arrested after police say he raped a woman inside her home.
A 25-year-old Phoenix Fire Department firefighter was arrested Sunday and charged with sexually assaulting a woman in her home on St. Patrick’s Day.
Carlos Encinas is accused of raping a woman after driving her home from a bar in downtown Phoenix on March 17.
According to court documents, the victim was out with her friends in downtown Phoenix on March 17 and was too intoxicated to drive home.
Carlos Encinas who knew the victim, offered to drive her home in her truck.
How Carlos Encinas Rapped The Woman
Upon arriving at the woman’s residence, Encinas asked if he could use her restroom. According to the victim’s statement, she believed she was still clothed when she went to bed. When she woke up, the woman described seeing Encinas on top of her and raping her. She attempted to push him off and told him to stop, but he did not, court documents said.
The victim said she eventually woke up and Encinas was assaulting her.
“The victim attempted to push [Encinas] off of her and told him to stop,” read a portion of the court documents.
Encinas ignored the victim’s demands and continued the assault.
Two days later, the victim and Encinas exchanged text messages, in which Encinas apologized, saying it would never happen again.
In an interview with police, Encinas said the interaction was consensual and that the victim was “flirting with him throughout the night,” court documents state.
According to witnesses who had been with both Encinas and the victim that night, the woman did not appear to be flirtatious beyond her normal personality, court documents said. The witnesses also said that Encinas appeared to be interested in the victim and would often interject himself into conversations that the woman would be having with others, the court documents state.
Encinas was arrested and booked into jail. He is accused of sexual assault.
Carlos Encinas
