The man who terrified Miami-Dade women for months is facing 23 charges

COUNTRY WALK, Fla. – Several women accused a 26-year-old Cuban migrant who works in construction of masturbating while stalking them in their Miami-Dade County homes, police said. He was brutal. One victim reported that he even knocked on her window and left his semen on the glass.

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Miami-Dade detectives said they have incriminating surveillance video of 26-year-old Yoel Setienmartinez, also known as Yoel Antonio Setien Martinez, and that his tattoos — including that of a girl with a wolf — were helpful in a case that took months to crack. to solve.

According to the Miami-Dade Police arrest report, the women who identified Setien were 39 to 61 years old and lived in the Country Walk neighborhood of Miami-Dade. Some knew he had repeatedly attacked them, and in one case there were girls between the ages of 10 and 16 in the home.

One of his victims, a 58-year-old woman, reported that she first saw Setien masturbating in her backyard around 2:45 a.m. on May 12, and was terrified when he returned around 10:35 a.m. to do the same. pm, on September 7, police records show.

Another victim, a 39-year-old woman, reported that Setien stood on a neighboring roof spying on her at about 9:35 p.m., and a 61-year-old woman reported that she was getting dressed when she saw Setien masturbating in her backyard. at approximately 8:25 a.m., on October 8.

On November 8, a surveillance camera recorded Setien kneeling in the bushes near one of the homes of his previous victims shortly before 8:30 p.m. He returned Thursday and police officers arrested him shortly after 9:35 p.m., near Southwest 152 Street and 142 Avenue.

“It’s sickening that you have to worry about someone invading your privacy, someone who is clearly mentally ill,” said concerned neighbor Gabriel Caballero.

Investigators said that after he was arrested, Setien entered several fenced backyards over the course of several months.

One of the homes was owned by a woman who spoke to Local 10 about the incidents but asked not to show her face for fear he would return.

‘I saw him. (He was) looking through my windows,” she said. “He has been to my house several times.”

Resident told Roy Ramos of Local 10 News that they believe their community was targeted because the suspect did not live far away. He lived nearby and entered their garden on the other side of a hedge.

Records show Setien faced 23 charges Friday at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center: 10 counts of burglary of an occupied dwelling, 10 counts of voyeurism, two counts of indecent exposure and one count of resisting an officer without violence.