according<\/a> to police officers\u2019 recent arrest reports.<\/p>\n\u201cThe defendant was arrested in Tampa, Florida, for a similar case … is currently incarcerated on similar charges,\u201d a police officer wrote, according to the arrest report.<\/p>\n
Miami-Dade corrections booked Espinosa, 65, shortly after 11:35 a.m. on Wednesday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. North Miami police officers re-arrested him at 3:20 p.m. on Thursday at TGKCC. <\/p>\n
On Friday, Espinosa faced 18 charges in three cases in Miami-Dade County, according to court records. <\/p>\n
In a Hialeah case, Espinosa faced 14 charges: Six counts of engaging in a sexual act with a child, three counts of lewd or lascivious molestation on a child, and five counts of sexual battery on a child.<\/p>\n
In the North Miami case, Espinosa faced three charges: Engaging in a sexual act with a child, lewd or lascivious molestation on a child, and knowingly transmitting, distributing, or showing obscene or harmful material to a minor. <\/p>\n
In a second Hialeah case, Espinosa faced a charge of lewd or lascivious molestation on a child. <\/p>\n
Espinosa, who was born in Cuba, also had holds from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Florida Department of Corrections, according to inmate records <\/p>\n
Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report. <\/p>\n
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