7 Year Old Girl Allegedly Molested In Young Israel of Greater Miami

Jacob Jurberg, 29, allegedly assaulted the 7-year-old girl inside the Young Israel of Greater Miami temple in late August. The young victim helped police find the suspect after she pointed him out in a line up.

Police arrest man for allegedly molesting child in synagogue

NORTHEAST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) -- Police have arrested a man accused of committing an unholy on a child inside a South Florida synagogue.

Jacob Jurberg, 29, allegedly assaulted the 7-year-old girl inside the Young Israel of Greater Miami temple in late August. The young victim helped police find the suspect after she pointed him out in a line up.

Police said Jurberg showed up at a party at the house of worship, located at 990 Northeast 171 Street, uninvited and lured the child into a room on the second floor where he sexually molested her.

Jacob Marmon, the president of the synagogue, said Jurberg was a stranger to him, the synagogue and those hosting the party. "When the police showed me the picture, they said they had this picture of the suspect. I said, I've never seen this man in my entire life," Marmon said.

Marmon said Jurberg entered the temple during a party hosted by a group in the community who had rented out the building's party hall. Marmon said Jurberg was never even invited to the party. "I have no idea who this," Marmon added. "He's never set foot inside this synagogue before this luncheon."

Update 12-26-10 – The charges against Jurberg were dropped:

Charges Dropped Against Man Accused of Temple Molestation
Lack of evidence gets man off hook for alleged sexual battery at synagogue
By BRIAN HAMACHER • NBC Miami
Monday December 20,2010

A man accused of molesting a young girl at a Miami synagogue is a free man after the charges against him were dropped Monday.

The State Attorney's Office dropped sexual battery charges against 29-year-old Jacob Jurberg after they said there wasn't enough evidence against him.

Jurberg had been arrested in November after it was alleged he inappropriately touched a 7-year-old girl at the Young Israel of Greater Miami Orthodox Jewish Temple in August.

Jurberg had been accused of luring the girl to an upstairs room at the facility during a rabbi's birthday celebration.

He had been held without bond for the past three weeks.

"Although the police had probable cause to arrest the above-referenced defendant, there is insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant sexually assaulted the victim in this case," the State Attorney’s Office said in a memo that closed the case.

Comments

[ruthie]

oh! this.is.terrible
oh my

[Mr. Apikoros]

According to his lawyer, Jurberg worked in security, had a concealed carry permit.

Based solely upon an identification in a line-upe, it will be tough to convict this guy. However, if others saw him at the party, to which he was not invited, he's going down.

[satmarrebbe]

Ali Bumaye....Ali Kill Him. I hope they lock him up and throw away the key. The inmates will love him and make him their B++++

[Ish Boshet]

Nasty bastard he is!

[Menachem Mendel lll]

A sick criminal that will hopefully experience the full force of American Justise as "Rabbi" Shlomo Rubashkin and Rabbi Fred Neulander did.

[Isa]

Someone I went to grade school with had his very young daughter sexual molested AND murdered while she was attending a Lutheran Church function (they're non-Jews) Caught the bastard, a cabbie. Years later the family did a successful 'letter writing to prevent parole campaign'

[Maverick]

This reminds me of an event in my neighborhood were people had to go around warning people making simchot (ex. Bar Mitzvah) that there were shady individual(s) hanging around the neighborhood that presented a possible danger to children at simchot. Its scary to think of what could have happened.

[effie]

Hey, Isa! In what state was that? I have this vague memory of the case.

[harold]

Is Jurberg a haredi, Chabad or Orthodox? From the picture he looks secular at best. It is not clear from the article.

[Maven]

Harold, why do you assume he's Jewish?

[harold]

Harold, why do you assume he's Jewish?

This site is about negative stories about Orthodox Jews; hence my initial inquiry. Lately the mandate has strayed at times to put down Jews so I must assume that he was at least Jewish.

[Mr. Apikoros]

I wondered that myself.

According to a story on one of the local Florida affiliates, the perp is Jewish. I would have thought he was Hispanic, as many of the "Jurbergs" I saw listed on whitepages.com had Spanish or Portugese first names.

[jay]

He's dressed in a county jail uniform. He may or may not be allowed to wear a kippah under their regulations. So his appearance can be deceiving.

[Maven]

Mr A- this picture could go either way: http://miami.whosarrested.com/inmates/221979-jacob-jurberg
I suppose the best way to find out would be to check for circumcision at his post mortem :)

[Isa]

EFFIE!!!!
It happened in St. Paul, Minnesota. Last name of the family is Hansen. Hansen could be spelled Hanson.
Happened in the 70's or very early 80's

[Mr. Apikoros]

You can check out this guy's dingaling. I'll pass on that.

[effie]

Isa: Thanks. I remember seeing some crime show with the same or similar facts and it sounded familiar.

[Eric Resnick]

I know Mr. Jurberg. He was acquitted. I know you will never be man enough to admit you slandered an innocent man. But the facts are, the 7 year old was not the one who pointed him out in a line-up. It was the girl's father, but he wasn't even a witness to any "crime". In fact there is no evidence a crime even occurred. Why are you so quick to publish stories to promote your website without even trying to verify them? The failed messiah is you. You are your own best headline for your lame website, along with all your sleazy posters here.

[Shmarya]

I know Mr. Jurberg. He was acquitted. I know you will never be man enough to admit you slandered an innocent man.…

No one here "slandered" and innocent man.

I posted a news story from a reliable news source. Jurberg was arrested on suspicion of child molestation.

Charges were dropped a few weeks later due to insufficient evidence.

Why are you so quick to publish stories to promote your website without even trying to verify them?

The fact that several Miami-area news stations and papers reported the original arrest seems to mean nothing to you.

Chances are, Eric, the alleged victim's parents reused to allow him to testify in court. That is the most common reason for charges like this to be dropped.

Police do not use third party IDs to make cases. If that is really what happened, Jurberg can sue for false arrest.

But something tells me your version of events is not exactly true.

That said, I posted an NBC news story about the dropped charges.

[Surge]

I know this man and he has a family member at this temple and I know that this was a set up for him to be able to sue the county for a false arrest. His father advise him of it and the man that was on the news from the temple was his friend. This is just another example of how people are using religion as a means to not have to work just like his father.