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Don't touch the dancers inappropriately.

shadowcat

Atlanta suburb

A bouncer at an adult nightclub is behind bars, charged in the Sept. 2 beating death of an unruly patron at a northeast Houston cabaret, according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office.

Octavio Junior Valencia, 23, faces a felony manslaughter charge in the death of Juan Hernandez, court records show. He was behing held Monday at the Harris County Jail under $30,000 bail.

The victim's friend, Omar Martinez, told Houston police that he, the victim and other friends visited Little Stiletto's Cabaret, 7708 Lyons St., on Sept. 2, according to a criminal affidavit filed Friday in the case.

Martinez told investigators that Hernandez was intoxicated at the strip club and was "touching the dancers inappropriately," the complaint states. Valencia, the nightclub's bouncer, asked Hernandez to leave but "he did not go when asked," according to the complaint.

Martinez told police that Valencia, who is about 6 foot 3 and weighs about 230 pounds, knocked Hernandez to the ground with his hand and kicked him in the stomach while he was on the floor, the complaint states. Hernandez is about 5 foot 6 inches tall, investigators said.

The friends left the club and drove Hernandez to a friend's home in La Porte, where he died, police said.

An autopsy at the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences determined that blunt force trauma lacerated the victim's liver, cutting it almost in half, according to the criminal complaint.

In an interview with Houston police, Valencia admitted to "being in a fight at the cabaret" and "striking the male with a closed fist in the face," knocking him to the ground. The defendant also told police that he kicked the patron once in the stomach while he was on the ground, according to the complaint.