MIAMI \u2014 A 72-year-old homeless man was arrested Tuesday evening after allegedly making lewd comments to a 15-year-old girl and then showing her pornographic material, according to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department. <\/p>\n
Police said Octavio Rodriguez was taken into custody just after 5:30 p.m. near the intersection of Southwest 29th Avenue and Southwest Eighth Street following a report from the victim and her family.<\/p>\n
The victim told investigators that Rodriguez approached her while she was walking home from school and made sexually explicit comments in Spanish, according to the report. <\/p>\n
The report stated that Rodriguez then handed her torn pornographic magazine material depicting a sexual act. The victim immediately ran home and alerted her parents. <\/p>\n
Police responded to the scene Tuesday after the girl\u2019s family reported seeing Rodriguez in their neighborhood again. <\/p>\n
The victim and her father identified Rodriguez to officers, who detained him and transported him to a nearby police station. <\/p>\n
The victim provided a statement to investigators and identified Rodriguez from a photograph taken by her father, according to the report. The victim\u2019s mother also gave a statement corroborating the incident.<\/p>\n
During questioning, police said Rodriguez waived his Miranda rights and agreed to speak with investigators without a lawyer. <\/p>\n
When confronted with the allegations, they said he claimed the victim grabbed the pornographic material from his hands without him saying anything to her. <\/p>\n
Rodriguez also acknowledged spending time near the victim\u2019s home and seeing her walk home from school in her uniform, indicating he knew she was a minor, the report stated. <\/p>\n
The victim and her family were familiar with Rodriguez, who is frequently seen in their neighborhood, police said.<\/p>\n
Jail records show Rodriguez is facing charges of lewd and lascivious conduct on a child under 16 and distributing obscene material to a minor. <\/p>\n
As of Wednesday, he was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where his bond was listed as \u201cto be set.\u201d <\/p>\n
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