{"id":345478,"date":"2026-07-19T20:09:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345478\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T20:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:09:06","slug":"nurse-suspended-charged-with-molesting-miami-area-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345478\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurse suspended, charged with molesting Miami area child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being arrested on a charge of lewd and lascivious molestation on a child under 12 got a Miami Lakes\u2019 advanced practical registered nurse\u2019s license suspended on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>And, what did 61-year-old Luis Vandama Brizuela say when Hialeah police asked him about the accusations, according to their arrest report?<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Vandama] said he began drinking that morning at approximately 11 a.m. and does not remember anything that occurred the rest of the day,\u201d the arrest report said.<\/p>\n<p>Vandama pleaded not guilty to both the aforementioned lewd and lascivious charge and a charge of lewd and lascivious conduct on a child of 16 by a person over 18. No bond was granted on the molestation charge, so Vandama has remained in the custody of Miami-Dade Corrections since his May 28 arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Before Thursday\u2019s emergency suspension order from state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, Vandama maintained a clean record on the license he gained May 3, 2020. Though his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us\/MQASearchServices\/HealthCareProviders\/LicenseVerification?LicInd=643132&amp;ProCde=1711&amp;org=VANDAMA+BRIZUELA,+LUIS\">online profile shows an official license<\/a> address at a medical professional building in Plantation, the suspension order lists his address of record as being a Miami Lakes residence.<\/p>\n<p>Vandama\u2019s accuser lives about a few miles south.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/health-care\/article315980367.html\">READ MORE: More women say a South Florida psychiatrist asked them to remove clothes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One Saturday in Hialeah<\/p>\n<p>According to an arrest report, an 11-year-old girl\u2019s mother told Hialeah police that Vandama, a relative, came by the house on March 21, a Saturday, to \u201chelp move furniture.\u201d After he left, she said, her daughter \u201ctold her (Vandama) touched her inappropriately throughout the time he was at their home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mother asked her daughter where Vandama touched her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said he grabbed her waist to kiss her neck,\u201d the arrest report said, \u201che felt on her bottom, and he kissed her between her breasts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was on April 2. On May 28, Hialeah police asked Vandama to speak with him and, the arrest report says, he came by the police station around 5:30 p.m. When detectives brought Vandama into the interview room and informed him of his Miranda rights, he availed himself of his right to remain silent. Hearing the charges, the arrest report said, changed Vandama\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n<p>Vandama\u2019s account, according to the arrest report: He got to the house on March 21, went in with a key the child\u2019s mother and grandmother had given him and \u201cbegan drinking that morning at approximately 11 a.m. and does not remember anything that occurred the rest of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And, the next day, when he went back to the house, the girl\u2019s mother and grandmother approached him with the accusations from the girl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Vandama) said he explained to them that he did not remember doing or saying anything the night before due to his inebriation and apologized for his behavior,\u201d the arrest report said.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644265\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784491746_232_695 Miami Herald sig 072115 Cropped.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of David J. Neal\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644265\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David J. Neal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Since 1989, David J. Neal\u2019s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Being arrested on a charge of lewd and lascivious molestation on a child under 12 got a Miami&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-345478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}