MIAMI – A 22-year-old Miami man is facing two felony charges after police said he was using social media to share videos of young children being raped.
Miami police arrested Daniel Eliseo Charles, who lives in the city’s Flagami neighborhood, on Wednesday.
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The latest investigation sprung from a tip that Charles was uploading child sexual abuse material to Instagram, police said.
Authorities said Charles shared two videos depicting victims between the ages of 2 and 4. They said he was chatting with another user about the content.
“Dude, that’s one of my favorite videos,” police said Charles told the user, regarding a video of a young boy being sexually abused.
Authorities said they went to Charles’ home in the 4700 block of Northwest Second Terrace pursuant to a search warrant and took Charles into custody.
According to an arrest report, he had been investigated for sharing similar content in 2019 and 2023. Miami-Dade court records do not show previous cases under Charles’ name.
Police wrote that he “explained he has a problem and he has not been able to find the proper assistance/help.”
Charles, who is facing counts related to the possession and promotion of child sexual abuse material, was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $10,000 bond as of Thursday afternoon, online jail records show.
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct an error concerning the location where police executed the search warrant.