Charges increased against Broward man accused for second time of possessing child sexual abuse images

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – Broward County prosecutors on Monday increased charges against a 23-year-old Pompano Beach man arrested in October after being accused of possessing child sexual abuse images and videos; Moreover, while he was on parole for the same crime.

Alexander Moncada arrested for the first time in 2020 and pleaded no contest in 2022 to charges related to possession of child sexual abuse material in nearly 1,000-plus cases. ten years probation and a spot on Florida’s sex offender list.

he was He was arrested again on October 17 at a home he shared with “several other sex offenders” on Northwest Sixth Avenue, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest report. A detective wrote in the report that an examination of the files found on his cell phone showed that children as young as 1 were “sexually abused or lewdly displaying their genitals.”

Authorities said he used the chat app Kik to share the files and leveraged online handles such as “Lucas the Lucario” and “Larry the Skunk Bunny.”

They said Kik’s reporting of illegal files to lawmakers over the summer triggered the investigation.

After his arrest in 2020, court documents state he told Pembroke Pines police detectives to “put me in jail” and that doing so was “the only way I’m going to find out.”

They note that after his arrest in October, he told the crime scene commander that he was experiencing a “relapse” and was “using chat applications to connect with minors and share photos and videos.”

He was in BSO’s Paul Rein Detention Facility as of Monday, according to jail records. In addition to the increased charges (11 counts in total), he was being held without bail on a parole violation.