SWEETWATER — A gentleman was arrested earlier this 7 days for allegedly molesting a 12-year-aged lady at a Miami-Dade motion picture theater.
Miami-Dade Corrections
Sweetwater Police arrested 22-yr-previous Omar Montalvo on a person count of lewd and lascivious molestation of a kid 12-16 years aged together with communicating with a small in and out of a point out to vacation and meet up with.
In accordance to the arrest affidavit, on the evening of February 24, the target, alongside with her mother and stepfather, came into the Sweetwater Police Section to file a sexual assault grievance.
The stepfather advised law enforcement that earlier that evening, he dropped off the sufferer and her cousin at CMX Cinemas at the Dolphin Shopping mall so they could see the 9 p.m. exhibiting of the film “Madame World-wide-web.”
Through the film, the cousin became “uncomfortable” observing the conversation in between the sufferer and a male she had just fulfilled — later on determined as Montalvo. The cousin then messaged her father to inform him about the scenario and then he instructed the victim’s stepfather about what experienced happened.
A handful of times later on, police interviewed the victim, who explained to them that they had been communicating with Montalvo in excess of the cell phone and on social media for about a month.
According to the affidavit, the mother arrived into the interviewing area to show police a printout of a local information posting from Oct 2019 that claimed Montalvo remaining accused of thieving a College of Miami soccer player’s reserve bag from the women’s locker space, telling officers that he was the exact same gentleman who her daughter was chatting to and the victim went onto admit she lied about her age to see him.
The sufferer then stated that she and her cousin satisfied Montalvo at the theaters, who arrived sporting a “black mask” masking most of his head besides for his eyes, nose and lips. When the sufferer questioned why he was sporting a mask, Montalvo reported he “did not want to be regarded” due to the fact he was “worried of staying jumped by rivals,” the affidavit stated.
The sufferer continued, saying that Montalvo then kissed her during the motion picture, gave her hickeys, set his hand down her trousers and molested her, along with pressuring her to commit oral sex.
Following interviewing the victim’s uncle — who verified aspects claimed by the victim and her cousin — law enforcement then searched the victim’s cellular phone and uncovered messages among her and Montalvo, which showed specific texts in between him and the target, together with images of himself, the affidavit mentioned.
A number of times later on, police been given surveillance video from a Dolphin Shopping mall protection officer that confirmed Montalvo entering and leaving the searching center. Officers then interviewed the cousin, who verified the facts of the incident and discovered Montalvo in a photographic lineup. Soon after interviewing the sufferer again and owning her discover him in a photographic lineup, Montalvo was arrested on Thursday at a CVS, advised of his charges, and brought into custody.
Just after studying his Miranda rights and investigating his mobile phone, Montalvo confessed to his steps and was formally charged and transported to Turner Knight Guilford Correctional Middle.
