Child Sex Abuse

Man living across Miami elementary school arrested during child sex crimes probe

A 25-year-old man was under investigation for sexual crimes against children when detectives searched his apartment, across the street from Shenandoah Elementary School in Miami, according to police.

Florida man confesses to sexually abusing child for years: Deputies

A 45-year-old Florida man confessed to sexually abusing a child several times a week for about three years, deputies announced on Monday.

Broward felon uses gaming app to sexually prey on 11-year-old boy, deputies say

A 29-year-old man stands accused of using a gaming app to connect with an 11-year-old boy that he took advantage of sexually, according to Broward deputies.

Florida man with HIV confesses to raping 8-year-old boy: Deputies

A Florida man recently confessed to infecting an 8-year-old boy with HIV, records show.

FBI: Dangerous ‘Nova Coagula’ is no longer a fugitive

Reginold Nelson used the “Nova Coagula” online pseudonym after a fictional DC Comics transgender superhero hacker, according to FBI Miami.

Florida pastor accused of sexually abusing girls, arrested in Virginia

A 33-year-old pastor accused of sexually abusing minors in Florida was behind bars Friday in Virginia

Man accused of sexually abusing girl when she was 12 and 13 in Broward

A 43-year-old man who used to own the Bonbagay Tax Group in North Lauderdale was at the Broward County Main Jail Wednesday accused of sexually abusing a girl.

Police: Palm Beach man fooled by mom using CashApp to prostitute daughters ages 12 and 14 at Miami hotel

Daniel Oneill was among the suspects caught during an undercover human trafficking operation involving Miami police officers and Homeland Security Investigations agents, records show.

Miami-Dade man sentenced to nearly 4 decades in prison over crimes against minors

Investigators reported that a Miami-Dade County sexual predator thought that he was meeting a teenage victim at a McDonald’s restaurant, but a law enforcement team was waiting to arrest him instead.

Melbourne college student arrested in Miami-Dade over images of sex abuse involving children, animals, records show

An 18-year-old man facing charges related to images of sex abuse involving children and animals wore a green anti-suicide smock to court on Saturday in Miami-Dade County.

Broward man accused of having images of child sex abuse worked for TSA, attorney says in court

An attorney said Wednesday in Broward County court that a man who was facing 10 charges related to images of child sex abuse worked the Transportation Security Administration for over 20 years.

How testimony of ex-Menudo members and a handwritten letter could help Menendez brothers

Evidence of a Cuban-American family’s dark secret was hidden in plain sight in a West Palm Beach home. Marta Menendez Cano, a retired stockbroker born in Havana, was open about her belief that the secret it held was to blame for the deaths of her brother, sister-in-law, her son, and the life sentences of her two nephews.

Broward deputy: Child sexual abuse victims were as young as 6 years old

A 41-year-old man with a Justice League tattoo admitted to receiving images on a messaging app that depicted the sexual abuse of children as young as six, according to police.

Police: Man confesses to sexually abusing 12-year-old girl in southern Miami-Dade

A 21-year-old man recently confessed to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in the Everglades Village, an agricultural neighborhood in deep southern Miami-Dade County.

‘Vile and cruel’: Florida woman sexually abuses minor at foster home, deputies say

'VILE AND CRUEL': A 28-year-old Florida woman stands accused of using Snapchat to groom a foster child before the sexual abuse at a group home.

Police: Man, 30, accused of raping minor in Miami-Dade

A 30-year-old man stands accused of raping a minor in Miami-Dade County, according to police.

Miami-Dade police on 15 charges: Child sex abuse victims were as young as under 2 years old

A Miami-Dade County man kept images of several child sexual abuse victims, including one as young as under two years old, according to police.

Police: Man, 30, arrested for statutory rape after undercover officer fooled him

A 30-year-old man used Snapchat to connect with a 14-year-old girl and continued communication on WhatsApp, to sexually prey on her in Broward County, police said.

Man accused of sexually abusing 6-year-old girl at babysitter’s house in Hialeah

A 47-year-old man was accused of sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl in Hialeah. She was drawing about it and described the abuse in detail to her aunt, police said.

Kik user arrested in Broward over child sex abuse images, deputies find more in Galaxy S22 phone

It was 6 a.m., on Thursday. A military-like unit of the Broward Sheriff’s Office entered a two-bedroom apartment in Dania Beach to arrest Anthony Cruz, a suspect in a child sexual exploitation case.

Fugitive arrested at Miami International Airport sentenced to over 8 years in prison

A 54-year-old Florida fugitive who was arrested last year at the Miami International Airport was in federal prison on Saturday where he will remain for over eight years before going on probation as a registered sex offender for two decades.

‘Depraved’ Florida man gets life in prison for secretly recording girl he ‘isolated and groomed’

A Florida man gifted two cell phone chargers with hidden cameras to a 12-year-old girl who FBI Special Agents reported he “isolated and groomed.”

Man, 22, faces 11 charges in Broward over images of child pornography

A 22-year-old man appeared before Broward County Circuit Judge Michael A. Usan on Saturday — facing 11 charges related to the sexual exploitation of children.

Customs agents detain Davie resident at MIA, report finding images of child sex abuse

One of the child sex abuse victims was between the ages of 10 to 12 years old. Federal agents reported finding an image of the girl and other child sex abuse victims in a man’s phone after he arrived at Miami International Airport.

Man accused of sexually abusing minor in Miami-Dade

A 32-year-old migrant stands accused of sexually abusing a minor in Miami-Dade County, police said.

Judge sets $1.4M bond for pastor accused of fleeing to Texas after sexually abusing girl in Florida Keys

A 62-year-old man who served as a First Baptist Church pastor when a teenage girl accused him of giving her a spiked alcoholic drink and sexually abusing her appeared in court on Saturday in the Florida Keys.

Man accused of sexually abusing child in Hialeah

A 25-year-old man stands accused of sexually abusing a child in Miami-Dade County.

Miami-Dade man accused of sexually abusing boy in Broward

A 37-year-old man was at the Paul Rein Detention Facility on Wednesday in Pompano Beach accused of sexually abusing a boy.

Man who confessed to sexually abusing little girl appears in Broward court

A 37-year-old Haitian migrant — who stands accused of sexually abusing a girl and having pictures of it in his cell phone — appeared in court on Saturday in Broward County.

Child sex abuse convict appears in Miami-Dade court to face new charges on same victim

Orlando Cabrera-Vichot has known his child sexual abuse victim since she was born, and the victim’s mother told an investigator at Kristi House that he was a trusted family friend, according to records released on Tuesday.

Police: Man, 43, confesses to sexually abusing 15-year-old girl in Miami-Dade

A 43-year-old convicted felon confessed to sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl for months in Miami-Dade County, according to police records.

Police: Convicted felons rape teen runaway after drugging her in Miami’s Liberty City

After a 16-year-old girl ran away from home, a man told her she was in a dangerous neighborhood and offered her shelter. That is where she told police officers she was gang raped.

Police: Teenage boy reports man was sexually abusive at gym in Miami-Dade

A 15-year-old boy told his father that he was at the gym’s men’s locker room when a stranger started to masturbate while looking at him, according to a report the Miami-Dade Police Department released on Thursday afternoon.

Man faces child sex abuse charges in Miami-Dade

A 42-year-old man stands accused of sexually abusing a minor in Miami-Dade County.

Broward school employee accused of sexually abusing teenage girl, records show

A 31-year-old man who works at Margate Middle School stands accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl in Broward County, records show.