A Little Havana man has been arrested after a police investigation led to the discovery of 482 photos and videos of child sexual abuse through Google, Miami Police officials said.
The suspect, identified as 51-year-old Francisco Ramón Cruz Rodríguez, was arrested Wednesday.
The material was found on July 24th during a search of the defendant's residence at an apartment located in the 400 block of Southwest 6th Street.
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Authorities confiscated several electronic devices belonging to the defendant. A preliminary forensic examination was performed on a USB drive found in the defendant's bedroom, just within reach of where he was located at the time of his arrest.
Google content revealed several screenshots of the defendant making a video phone call with a pre-pubescent female victim.
"What was so shocking about this case there were images that our detectives hadn’t previously seen in any data bank that we had investigated before," Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales said Thursday.
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Further investigation of the Google content revealed several photos of another victim, who was identified as a girl between 7 and 8 years old at the time of the uploads and was said to reside outside the jurisdiction of the City of Miami, police said.
Cruz Rodríguez faces charges of child pornography and promoting child pornography and remains at the TGK Correctional Center on a hold for immigration.
This is at least the fourth child porn bust this year by Miami’s Internet Crimes Against Children.
