UPDATE: Saul Santos Vasquez Martinez will make his first court appearance on August 2nd.

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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KWWL) – A man is in custody following an attempted kidnapping and sexual assault in Cedar Falls on Tuesday.

Court records show that Saul Santos Vasquez Martinez pulled a 16-year-old girl into a home on West 18th Street in Cedar Falls. The girl had been outside with a child who she had been babysitting.

Once inside, the victim says the man pulled the girl into a bedroom, forced her against a wall, and began to fondle her. Court records indicate the victim pushed her attacker away and ran out of the home.

Police then responded just before 4 p.m. and made contact with the girl.

Public Safety Director Jeff Olson says they attempted to enter the home where the girl had been held but to no answer. They returned later with a search warrant and made contact with Vasquez. He’s been charged with second-degree kidnapping and assault with intent to commit sexual abuse.

Court records show that Vasquez told an immigration official that he was an illegal immigrant. He also admitted to pulling the girl into the home where he “hugged and kissed her.”

Vasquez is currently in the Black Hawk County Jail on $500,000 bond.