MIAMI (WSVN) - Authorities have arrested a man for secretly capturing inappropriate pictures and videos of a girl at a Miami-Dade public library.
The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon at the Kendall Branch Library at 9107 SW 97th Ave.
Investigators said a mother and her 8-year-old daughter were inside the library when the mother noticed a male individual using a video recording device to record the child beneath a table.
“She observed the defendant with his cellphone underneath the table taking photographs of her daughter wearing a dress,” a police report stated.
Police said the mother promptly confronted the man, but he took off running.
After speaking with the mother and library staff, detectives were able to identify and track down the suspect on Thursday. He was identified as 37-year-old Jonathan Goldenberg.
According to officers, Goldenberg “spontaneously stated that he deleted all photographs of the child from his cellphone.”
Police said that surveillance video from the library backs up the mother’s account of what happened and also said Goldenberg called the library to apologize.
Goldenberg was taken into custody and transported to MDPD’s Kendall District, where he willingly provided a confession.
Goldenberg’s Facebook page is packed with videos of himself performing magic tricks and has pictures of his creations he made with Legos.
Goldenberg lives at home with his parents, who said they want people to know there’s more to this story.
“Well, the main thing to say is, my son Jonathan is mentally challenged,” said Stanley Goldenberg, the man’s father. “He’s autistic and we love him, and we are here to support him — I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to get emotional — and beyond that, I have no further comment.”
Goldenberg faces charges of video voyeurism on a child younger than 16 and tampering with evidence. He has since posted bond and was released from jail, as he awaits his first day in court.
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