Overview
- Police say a man forced his way into a Buckeye home on Friday, Oct. 16, where a woman was with her two young children and fought off the intruder as security video recorded the struggle.
- Investigators arrested 20-year-old Adrian Ayala the day after the attack and then took 23-year-old Zarian Dyer into custody on Oct. 29 after reviewing digital evidence.
- Buckeye police say detectives seized electronic devices from both men and found communications that they say show Ayala and Dyer planned the assault.
- Ayala faces charges including kidnapping, sexual abuse, burglary and aggravated assault while Dyer is charged with aggravated assault, sexual abuse, attempted sexual assault, kidnapping and conspiracy.
- Defense lawyers have argued Ayala believed the encounter was a consensual role play, prosecutors say the motive remains unknown, and court proceedings and forensic review of devices will determine how the case moves forward.