MIAMI – A woman victimized by a Peeping Tom in her Miami neighborhood is now saying that she knows who the creeper is.
“The new development is that I have been able to identify this individual based off a tip from neighbors from the area, saying we recognize this guy, we see him all the time,” Sofia Galiano said.
A few hours later, police announced the arrest of 26-year-old Mike Jacques.
Galiano initially spoke with Local 10 News on Monday regarding the Peeping Tom who was caught on surveillance cameras peering into the windows of her apartment at a four-unit apartment building off Northwest 74th Street and First Court, but she had a new update on Tuesday.
“Today, I spoke with detectives and we did a lineup and I identified him,” she said.
The strange man has been spotted prowling on the property at least three times in recent weeks.
The last time was Sunday when he bypassed a number of “No Trespassing” signs and series of cameras to unlatch a backyard fence, where he appeared to make himself comfortable while peeping into Galiano’s back window.
6 p.m. report:
After making the ID, authorities announced Jacques’ arrest later Tuesday evening.
This isn’t Jacques first run-in with law enforcement.
In late 2023, he was arrested on four felony counts, including sexual battery and kidnapping, after police said he raped a woman in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood.
Court records show Jacques was released on his own recognizance and was discharged on Dec. 5, 2023, which was 35 days after his arrest.