Miami-Dade detention center employee arrested over alleged sex battery of juvenile inmate
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Javontate Richardson is facing a sex battery charge in Miami-Dade County. (MDPD)
MIAMI – Miami-Dade County Public Schools officers arrested a 30-year-old juvenile detention center employee on Thursday, accusing him of sexual battery.
The alleged victim is a 15-year-old girl who was an inmate at the state-owned Miami Girl’s Academy, a 30-bed detention center at 3300 NW 27th Ave.
The teenage girl reported Javontate Richardson to her youth care specialist, who notified management. Surveillance video confirmed the girl’s allegations, police said.
According to the arrest form, Richardson admitted the victim’s allegations were true. He faces two felony charges: sexual battery on a minor by an adult and detention facility employee sex misconduct with an inmate.
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