MIAMI – A 35-year-old man appeared in Miami-Dade County court on Wednesday to face charges for soliciting a 15-year-old girl for sex on Instagram after officers accused him of preying on her while she was walking her dog at a public park in Miami.
Officers arrested Jonathan Galindo, also known as “Jonny G,” on Tuesday at Bryan Park, at 2301 SW 13 St. He thought he was there to meet the teenage girl, but detectives were waiting for him.
The teen told her mother and police officers that Galindo was handing out flyers at the park and handed her one. He approached her again at the park and persuaded her to connect on Instagram, police said. Galindo sent her messages on Instagram and sent sexual comments, police said.
“I have dated teenagers before, do you have a naughty side as well?” and “I know you are a teen now, so I will be gentle” are some of the messages Galindo wrote to the victim, according to police. He also allegedly taught her that DDLG means “Dominant Daddy Little Girl role play fantasy.”
Detectives took over the teen’s Instagram account. Galindo was under the assumption that the teen was sneaking out of her home at midnight to see him at the park where officers were waiting for him, police said.
Galindo is facing three felony charges of traveling to meet a minor for unlawful sex, using a computer to solicit a child for sex, and unlawful use of a two-way communications device. He is also facing a misdemeanor charge of possession of 20 grams or less of marijuana.
Miami-Dade court records show Galindo was convicted and fined for serving alcohol to a minor in 2010 and for marijuana possession while violating a city ordinance while consuming alcohol at a park in Miami Beach in 2012.
A Facebook user with his identity claims to be a “Credit Repair Consultant at Generation Prosperity” who studied “Radio at Miami Media School” and is from Hialeah. The user persistently promotes how to “earn free Bitcoin.” His identity is also linked to a “Financial Education Services” account and a “United Credit Education Services Protection Plan” account. An Instagram user with his identity asks, “Want to learn to trade?” The user also follows about 7,500 other Instagram users and also promotes parties at several clubs in Miami-Dade County.
On Wednesday, Galindo asked Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Lisa S. Walsh if he was allowed to work as a grocery delivery man. Walsh ordered him to not come into contact with the victim or with any minor. She also ordered him not to access the internet, and to stay away from Bryan Park.
“If there is a minor there, you are going to jail and even if you didn’t intend that there be a minor there,” Walsh said. “If you deliver groceries and there is a kid who is alone accepting groceries in the house, you are in violation of a court order, you are going to jail and we don’t want to see that happen.”
Jail records showed Galindo remained at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Wednesday night. His bond was set at $17,500.
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