Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\nDeputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office identified the suspect as 44-year-old Yoanny Herrera Nieblas. <\/p>\n
Deputies said the incident happened Sept. 8 at his home in the 14900 block of Southwest 53rd Lane in the county\u2019s Kendall West neighborhood. <\/p>\n
While conducting a child abuse investigation, deputies determined that the girl was at home taking a shower when Herrera Nieblas entered the bathroom and confronted her about her \u201cpoor behavior in school,\u201d according to an arrest report obtained by Local 10 News on Thursday. <\/p>\n
Herrera Nieblas then \u201cproceeded to utilize the plastic bathroom squeegee to strike the victim multiple times on the buttocks,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n
As a result, the girl sustained visible bruising to her buttocks that was present for more than three days, according to the report.<\/p>\n
After being advised of his Miranda rights, Herrera Nieblas told investigators that his daughter had \u201congoing behavioral issues in school,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n
He told investigators that the school had recently notified him that his daughter \u201cstuck her middle finger up to the teacher.\u201d During bath time, he also asked her about the incident, and she admitted what she had done, according to the report.<\/p>\n
The report states Herrera Nieblas told investigators he had tried \u201cverbally discipling\u201d the girl multiple times but had not observed a change in her behavior. That was when he \u201cescalated the discipline to spanking her with the plastic bathroom squeegee,\u201d according to deputies. <\/p>\n
Jail records show he is facing one count of child abuse with no great bodily harm.<\/p>\n
As of Thursday morning, Herrera Nieblas was no longer listed as an inmate on the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation website. His bond information wasn\u2019t immediately available. <\/p>\n
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