A Pompano Beach mother says a man was caught on camera repeatedly touching himself outside her bedroom window while she and her children were inside, and that she then waited months to hear anything back from investigators. The incident happened shortly before 4 a.m. on July 24 in a neighborhood near Atlantic Boulevard, and the woman says the man stood there exposing himself for nearly a minute before leaving.
The mother reported the incident to the Broward Sheriff's Office right away, but according to CBS News Miami, she went months without hearing an update on the investigation. She said the experience left her afraid for her own safety and that of her children. Describing what she saw on her home security footage, she said, “I felt violated because he was looking directly into the camera as if he was looking at me.”
A Second Sighting, and a Neighbor's Warning
The woman believes she crossed paths with the same man again at another point after the July incident. In that encounter, a neighbor recognized the man and asked her directly whether he was the same person she had previously seen lurking near her home. Her answer left little doubt in her mind. “I turned around, and he looked me dead in my face, and it was him, and I was shook,” she said.
That recognition, paired with the silence from investigators, compounded her fear that the man remained in the area with no consequences. Despite reporting the sighting, she said she continued to feel like the case had stalled with no resolution in sight.
Officers Return Only After Media Inquiry
Two BSO officers showed up at the woman's home on Friday to take another statement, months after her initial report. “A couple hours ago, two BSO officers knocked on my door,” she said. According to the mother, the officers told her the additional statement was needed to move forward with pressing charges, making an arrest, and obtaining a warrant.
The woman said she believes it was CBS News Miami's inquiry into her case that prompted investigators to renew contact with her. The outlet had reached out to the Broward Sheriff's Office about the status of the investigation and sought additional information late Friday night on whether further action had been taken, but the agency had not responded to that follow-up inquiry as of publication. “I feel like if it wasn't for you, he would still be out there,” she told the outlet.
Case Remains Open, No Arrest Confirmed
The Broward Sheriff's Office said the case remains open and active, though no arrest had been confirmed in connection with the incident as of publication. For the mother, that status offers little comfort after months of uncertainty about whether the man who stood outside her window would ever be identified or charged.
The case echoes another recent Pompano Beach incident in which a woman says she woke up to a man touching her inside her home in the 2900 block of Northeast 7th Street on Aug. 16, according to BSO officials cited by NBC Miami. In that case, the man fled the scene, and investigators identified a suspect, 27-year-old Stinley Jean Jacques, who was later arrested after fleeing and crashing a vehicle in North Miami. He was expected to face charges including burglary, battery, stalking and voyeurism in Broward County. No such arrest has been reported in the Pompano Beach window case, which remains unresolved months after the mother first came forward.
