Boys, 12 through 15, charged as adults in connection with rape of 12-year-old in Overtown: Officials

local 10 news ^ | February 27, 2026 | Chris Gothner

[Morgana]

Warning: Story contains disturbing details

MIAMI — Miami police say a group of boys took a 12-year-old girl to a community garden in the city’s Overtown neighborhood as one of them raped her for 30 minutes.

Authorities said Jusiah Jones, 12, shoved rocks in the girl’s mouth so she couldn’t scream while Nelson Nunez, 13, sexually assaulted her.

A third boy, Xavier Tyson, is accused of participating as well; he was 14 at the time.

While police arrested them on juvenile charges the next day, all three are now charged as adults following a grand jury indictment issued on Wednesday. Court records show they were booked into the Metrowest Detention Center on Thursday and Jones and Nunez appeared in adult bond court on Friday, where a judge ordered them held without bond.

Tyson, now 15, was initially believed Friday to be charged solely as a juvenile, but Miami-Dade prosecutors confirmed that afternoon that he was indicted on adult charges as well.

Police said a fourth boy witnessed the incident.

According to the Miami Police Department, the rape happened at The Green Haven Project community garden, located at 1160 NW Second Ave., near Frederick Douglass Elementary School.

[DeplorableTrumpSupporter]

Class President of Youthful Criminal Academy!!!

[DeplorableTrumpSupporter]

Now, why do I think I'm a racist for thinking they were black? Oh, I know why -- their first names...

I have a few black friends (4 of them) and they don't have any outrageous names. Why do the kids parents give them crazy names?? The mothers do not help them by saddling them with names like Qdwadan ...

[A_perfect_lady]

As long as both sexes are charged as adults.

A 12 year old girl is gang-raped, and that's your first response? Wow. I have never seen hatred at this level.

[DeplorableTrumpSupporter]

Why aren’t their parents charged?

Parents? You really mean mothers!! I'm sure the sperm donors are either creating another half siblings to those animals or in jail.

[bankwalker]

yes, I agree ... I said ‘all’ ...

[bankwalker]

Key Bible Verses Regarding Personal Responsibility:

Ezekiel 18:20 (NIV): "The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them".

Deuteronomy 24:16 (ESV): "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin".

2 Chronicles 25:4 (NIV): "Yet he did not put their children to death, but acted in accordance with what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded: 'Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin'".

Jeremiah 31:29-30 (NIV): "...Everyone will die for their own sin; whoever eats sour grapes—their own teeth will be set on edge."

[bankwalker]

he was responding to my post, moron ... go blow a cat ...

[newfreep]

Just more daily examples that Black Culture is a total & complete failure by any metric.

It’s why 95% of TV commercials featuring Blacks are trying to re-brand Black Culture.

[trebb]

Ask yourself - where are they learning these behaviors?
Time to stop using age as an excuse to go easy on them...

[Fury]

A necessary charging decision.

Charging juveniles as adults for violent crimes and mandatory sentencing minimums with less judicial discretion should be adopted by more states.

[libertylover]

all three are now charged as adults

Good! They knew it was wrong.

[A_perfect_lady]

he was responding to my post, moron ... go blow a cat ...

Ah, so you are part of THAT cult. Got it.

[Craftmore]

dey dindu nuffin

[CodeToad]

We need a Feral Animal law that says when someone does something so feral as this they are put to death to protect society from them forever.