An Atlantic City man faces life in prison after a jury convicted him for raping a 5-year-old girl.
Oscar Oberlino Gomez-Miralda, 43, was convicted of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child by sexual conduct.
The mother started to have concerns after her daughter asked her not to leave her alone with the defendant, but would not say why, according to information released at his detention hearing last year. The couple had lived together for three years.
The video shows Gomez-Miralda entering the child's bedroom shortly after she wakes up, BreakingAC previously reported.
It shows Gomez-Miralda lie down next to the little girl and cover her with a blanket and remove her pajama bottoms as she plays on an iPad.
What was detailed in court indicates the girl was raped.
He then pulls her pants back up, adjusts himself and leaves.
When the mother confronted Gomez-Miralda, he told her he could pay someone in Honduras to do something to her daughters if she reported him to police, the state alleged.
A few weeks before the woman spoke with detectives, Gomez-Miralda told her he would buy her a car if she got back together with him, according to the allegations.
She then blocked all communication.
The little girl was interviewed by a Spanish-speaking detective with the Prosecutor's Office and showed on a doll what Gomez-Miralda did to her.
Gomez-Miralda faces between 25 years to life under the Lunsford Act, which involves sxual assault cases where the victim is younger than 13.
If released, he would have to register as a Megan's Law offender.
He also faces an additional five to 10 years in prison for endangering the welfare of a child.
A sentencing date is scheduled for Sept. 16, but that is often just a hold date in sexual assault cases, since he first must undergo an evaluation at the state Adult Diagnostic Treatment Center in Avenel.
He remains in the Atlantic County Justice Facility.
