Man accused of sexually abusing girl for over 4 years in Miami, police say

Police officers arrested Jyms Claude in Miami after detectives accused him of sexually abusing a minor for about four years. (MDCR)

MIAMI – Detectives accused a 36-year-old man of sexually abusing a girl for four years.

Police officers arrested Jyms Claude, who is from Haiti, on Monday after questioning him about the abuse in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood.

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Prosecutors filed a sexual battery case against Claude on over 50 counts. Corrections officers were holding him without bond on Tuesday.

Detectives were asking anyone with information about the case to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.


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