Authorities have reported that a 19-year-old man was taken into custody on Thursday, following an incident in Opa-locka where the mother of a 13-year-old girl caught him inside their home several months ago.
According to the Opa-locka police, the Ring doorbell camera woke up the victim’s mother who was sleeping upstairs.
According to the police report, as the woman woke up and made her way downstairs, she discovered Smart sitting on the bed in one of the bedrooms.
According to the report, Smart informed her that she couldn’t go to jail as she was on probation before fleeing from the bedroom and leaping out of the window.
According to the police report, initially, the teenager denied having sexual relations with Smart, who is also from Opa-locka. However, in May, she was Baker Acted and confided to a counselor that she had indeed been sexually active with Smart.
The report reveals that during the interview at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Human Trafficking offices, the victim and her mother disclosed that the victim had engaged in sexual activity with Smart four times.
According to the police, Smart was found on Thursday and gave a statement. However, the statement has been redacted from the report that was released to the public.
Authorities apprehended Smart for committing lewd and lascivious battery against a victim aged 12-16.
He is currently being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Friday afternoon.