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Police search for Peeping Tom that has Miami neighborhood on edge

MIAMI ā€“ Video footage captured a man looking through a Miami apartment window, and now the search is on for the Peeping Tom.

Just one glance at the surveillance video was all it took for Sofia Galianoā€™s nerves to be rattled.

ā€œThey donā€™t belong on the property, they definitely donā€™t belong in my backyard and they shouldnā€™t be looking into my window,ā€ she said. ā€œItā€™s an invasion of privacy.ā€

Miami police is on the case, actively investigating the unidentified prowler at the four-unit apartment building at Northwest 74th Street and First Court.

The strange man has been spotted prowling on the property at least three times in recent weeks.

The last time was Sunday, when he bypassed a number of No Trespassing signs and series of cameras to unlatch a backyard fence, where he appeared to make himself comfortable while peeping into Galianoā€™s back window.

ā€œI donā€™t know what his intention is, but we donā€™t know him and he doesnā€™t belong here,ā€ she said.

Local 10 Newsā€™ cameras spotted a pair of detectives from the departmentā€™s special victims unit back on the property Monday night, collecting possible leads to remove the concern and fear now spreading throughout the neighborhood.

ā€œPeople are scared,ā€ said Galiano. ā€œWho knows whose bedroom heā€™s looking into because so far itā€™s been two women, so it wouldnā€™t surprise me if heā€™s done this to other people in the neighborhood.ā€


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Terrell Forney joined Local 10 News in October 2005 as a general assignment reporter. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, but a desire to escape the harsh winters of the north brought him to South Florida.

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