A man is facing rape charges after he declined to stop having sex with a woman he picked up outside a Merrillville Motel 6, records allege.
Antonio “Tony” Cerros, 46, of Merrillville, is charged with two counts of rape, one count of sexual battery and one misdemeanor count of domestic battery.
He is in custody, held on a $4,500 cash bond. Cerros had a court appearance Friday where he asked for a speedy trial. His next court date is May 9.
Merrillville Police wrote the woman flagged them down on April 23 outside the motel. They took her to the hospital.
She said she was outside the hotel on April 18, when Cerros came up to her, said he had been in “her position” and claimed he would “help” her by giving her a place to stay.
On the way to his house, he said she had to have sex with him in exchange. The woman agreed because she had nowhere else to go, the affidavit states.
Once at his Merrillville home, she performed a sex act. When sex was painful, he refused when she asked him to stop, charges allege. The woman estimated it happened 6-7 times between April 18 and 23.
Days later, he punched her when she told him she wanted to leave and he took her back to the motel without her belongings. Police later found her stuff when they executed a search warrant.
He was arrested April 29 in a traffic stop, asking if it was about “hookers” at his house, or the “(expletive) from the hotel,” records show. He otherwise refused to talk to police.