Thomas Curitore, a 63-year-old retired New York City police detective who later served in Miami Beach government, was arrested Tuesday after FBI agents searched his North Miami home and seized electronic devices, the Miami Herald reported. He remained in federal custody at the Federal Detention Center Miami as of Wednesday. The allegations are set out in a criminal complaint; they have not been established at trial.
The complaint alleges that Curitore used Telegram to communicate with undercover agents and sent one of them a video depicting the sexual abuse of a young boy. The Herald’s account of the filing says investigators linked the account to Curitore using information from AT&T. It also describes a separate September exchange in which Curitore allegedly asked to see unclothed images of boys and discussed paid sexual access to children with an undercover agent. The complaint’s allegations, rather than the broader reporting figures below, are the evidence relevant to this case.
A city role focused on code compliance
Curitore served as Miami Beach’s assistant director of Code Compliance from May 2017 until January 2026, according to the Herald. The city describes the department’s work as seeking compliance with provisions of the municipal code to help maintain quality of life; that description does not establish a connection between the department’s duties and the allegations in the criminal complaint.
Before joining Miami Beach, Curitore worked as a New York City police detective and later as deputy commissioner of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Community Assistance Unit. He also became a founding member and executive director of the Wynwood Business Improvement District, leaving that post in 2017, the Herald reported.
Reports and investigations are different measures
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children data provide a measure of reports received, not a count of confirmed crimes. Florida had 63,379 CyberTipline reports in 2024—53,747 referrals and 9,632 informational reports, according to NCMEC’s state table. Nationally, NCMEC recorded 20.5 million reports of suspected child sexual exploitation in 2024, down from 36.2 million in 2023; those totals likewise represent reports, not confirmed offenses, and do not indicate a trend across the full 2020–2024 period, the organization’s 2024 report says.
A separate measure tracks investigative activity. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention says Internet Crimes Against Children task forces nationwide conducted nearly 347,000 investigations in 2025, leading to more than 17,000 arrests. Those program-wide figures count investigations and arrests—not CyberTipline reports—and provide no evidence about Curitore’s case.
