Assault on 11-year-old girl reported

A Bloomington man was arrested June 4 on charges of burglary and sexual battery.\nBrandon I. McCarey, 18, was arrested for reportedly entering a residence on South Rockport Road without permission. While inside the residence, McCarey allegedly forced an 11-year-old girl outside where she said he then groped and kissed her.\nThe girl and her mother had been outside prior to the incident.\nAccording to the police reports, McCarey had been outside speaking to their landlord when the girl’s mother told her to go inside. The mother began speaking with the landlord, when McCarey followed the girl inside. \nThe girl told police McCarey grabbed her by the wrist and forced her out the back door where he then began kissing her neck and rubbing her stomach.\nWhen she pushed him away and yelled for help she said he tried to pull down her pajama bottoms. The mother then entered the scene, and at that time McCarey jumped the fence and left the scene, according to police reports.\nMcCarey was apprehended by police at his home and faces preliminary charges of burglary sexual battery.