MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — A new charge has been brought against a suspect accused of molesting a preteen girl in Miami Gardens.
The 12-year-old victim said she was walking to school on Monday morning when Carlos Jean, 37, of Biscayne Gardens, approached her and touched her inappropriately, according to investigators.
That interaction near Carol City Middle School was caught on camera, police said.
Jean is facing one count of battery and lewd and lascivious molestation on a child under 16 in that case.
On Thursday, detectives said that an additional girl had come forward to report she was victimized in a similar fashion.
According to an arrest report, the victim was at home with her mother when she saw Local 10’s Wednesday story about Jean and immediately went to the Miami Gardens Police Department.
Once there, the 15-year-old girl told detectives that on March 17, Jean had approached her in his burgundy Kia and “masturbated in front of her while sitting in his vehicle,” the report states.
The victim also told police that Jean told her, “You ain’t ever seen this before” when she walked past his vehicle before following her home and driving past her house several times, according to his arrest form.
Jail records show he is now facing an additional charge of lewd and lascivious molestation on a child under 16. Jean was back in court for this charge on Thursday.
He remains behind bars at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with bond listed as “to be set.”
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