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 20,2010A 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.