IMMOKALEE — A 27-year-old Immokalee man has been charged with breaking into a woman’s home, throwing a $20 bill at her and demanding sex.

Jose Luis Erebia Jr., 27, of Avocado Street, Immokalee, appeared before Collier Circuit Judge Christine Greider on Saturday, charged with burglary and misdemeanor battery. She set bond at $12,500 and Erebia remained in the Collier County jail.

His criminal record includes convictions for burglary, grand theft, obstruction, affray and numerous criminal traffic charges.

Shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday, a woman house-sitting at her uncle’s home in the 400 block of South 2nd Street reported an attempted sexual assault, according to Collier County sheriff’s reports.

She said the man entered an unlocked door another resident had left open, entered her bedroom as she slept and awakened her.

She said the man, who had “Joe” tattooed on his chest, threw the bill at her and demanded sex, reports say. She refused, grabbed the cash, and ordered him to leave. He demanded it back, reports say, but she refused and he threatened to return with a gun and shoot her.

The woman told the deputy she lived nearby and the neighborhood had a prostitution problem, but she wasn’t one. As the deputy stood in the home, a suspicious vehicle he’d seen leave the home earlier, swerving on the roadway, passed by.

He advised deputies to stop it and the woman identified the driver as the man who had broken into her home.