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Police: Man confesses to recording lustful videos of girl, woman without their knowledge in Miami

Jose Morales, also known as Jose MoralesEsquivel and Jose Morales Esquivel, was arrested on Wednesday in Miami. (MDCR, Google Street View)

MIAMI – A 32-year-old man confessed to recording lustful videos of an 11-year-old girl and a 54-year-old woman without their knowledge in Miami’s Little Havana, police said.

Jose Morales, also known as Jose MoralesEsquivel and Jose Morales Esquivel, was at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Thursday near Doral.

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Police officers arrested him on Wednesday in Miami. After detectives confronted him with the images Morales said he didn’t know why he did it, according to the police arrest report.

Some of the videos and photos were while the girl and the woman were sleeping and he appeared to be masturbating in their bedroom, according to the arrest report.

Miami-Dade County inmate records show Morales was facing charges of images or pornography of sexual performance by a child, and 11 counts of video voyeurism.

Morales, who is a migrant from Nicaragua, has a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold.


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