Miami Police are investigating to see if there are more victims in the case of a 16-year old teen who has been arrested twice for allegedly forcing children as young as three years old to perform sexual acts on him at a Little Haiti preschool.
Police arrested the teen in August of 2014 after a 5-year old girl said he forced her to perform oral sex on him inside a bathroom at the Bola Learning Center, located on Northeast 80th Terrace.
In July of 2016, a second victim came forward and said he also forced her to perform the same act on her two years before, when she was three. The suspect was again arrested. In both cases, he was charged with sexual battery on a minor by a minor.
It was a bombshell of bad news for parents picking up their kids at the center Thursday.
"I have a 2-year-old who used to come here, so that's shocking. Wow," parent Martha Lubin said.
The most recent inspection report by the Florida Department of Children and Families shows the Bola Learning Center in good standing.
But parents who have brought their children there for years are upset that they were unaware of the allegations.
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"Now yeah, cause my daughter is 5. I'm worried and they never told me anything about that," parent Lucna Fortune said.
A person who answered the door at the center Thursday said they had no comment.
Detectives believe that there may be more victims and are asking anyone with information to come forward.
"We don't want to create panic but we are wanting to advise parents that if you believe that your child may have fallen prey to him we're asking you to come forward and the time is now," Miami Police spokeswoman Kenia Fallat said.
Anyone with information can either call the Miami Police Department or call Miami-Dade CrimeStoppers at 305-471-TIPS.
