SCRANTON -- Police in Scranton arrested a man who they believe fed a little girl cocaine.
Officers say Jorge Ayala forced some cocaine into the mouth of an 11-year-old girl inside an apartment along Beech Street in the city's south side on Monday.
Police said the girl called 911 saying a man she did not know was in her apartment. She told officers the man offered her cocaine and when she refused, he put some on the end of a fork and forced it into her mouth. The girl then went to get a neighbor who chased Ayala out of the apartment.
The girl told officers her mother had gone out, leaving her and her 4-year-old brother alone.
According to police, Ayala told them the drugs were his, but denied giving any to the girl.
Ayala faces charges of trespassing, drug possession, and corruption of minors.