NBC6’s Chris Hush is live from Miami-Dade where a police officer was arrested and accused of molesting children
A Miami-Dade police officer is facing serious charges after allegedly molesting three young children.
Forty-year-old Daniel Ramos-Aviles was arrested on a warrant Monday night and transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correction Facility without incident, according to the arrest report.
Ramos-Aviles, a Miami resident, faces seven counts, including sexual battery on a minor, lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 12 as well as lewd and lascivious exhibition on a child under 16.
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He is being held without bond.
In bond court Tuesday, the judge ordered three stay-away orders against Ramos-Aviles. The youngest is six years old, according to an attorney for a witness in the case.
The victims are reportedly known to Ramos-Aviles -- and he did not meet them while on the job as a veteran cop.
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The judge also ordered him to surrender any firearms.
“Everyone is definitely afraid of this individual given his line of work, his military background, what he would do with these allegations and those weapons in his possession," the attorney said.
Miami-Dade Police Interim Director Stephanie V. Daniels responded to the charges in a statement released Tuesday.
"I am appalled to know that as a result of an investigation, detectives from our Special Victims Bureau arrested a member of this agency," Daniels said. "The Miami-Dade Police Department will not tolerate this behavior, and as is customary, the department will assist and cooperate with the judicial process."
Ramos-Aviles had reportedly been with the department for nearly a decade.
NBC6 reached out to Ramos-Aviles' attorney, who responded with a brief statement.
“I will share with you that in my discussions with my client prior to his arrest, he has emphatically denied any allegations of sexual abuse," attorney Scott Kotler said. "What I do know is that unfortunately every member of this family in one way or another will have their lives changed as a result of what’s going on -- and nobody ever comes out on top.”
