Man with long arrest record accused of domestic violence again in Miami-Dade

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Spencer Manosalva’s arrest record in Miami-Dade County keeps getting longer and the charges keep getting worse, court records show.

On Sunday, the 30-year-old Goulds resident appeared in court to face charges of kidnapping, strong-arm robbery, domestic battery by strangulation, and battery.

Police officers arrested him on Friday and correctional officers booked him at about 4:25 a.m., on Saturday, at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. It’s a domestic violence case.

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Lody Jean denied him bond on Sunday.

Manosalva had been accused of domestic violence before. Miami-Dade police officers arrested him for battery on Sept. 4, 2023, but prosecutors dropped the case, court records show.

Manosalva had also been accused of strong-arm robbery before in 2018 and the case was closed in 2021. Records show he was convicted and sentenced to probation, which he was then accused of violating in 2020.

Police officers arrested him for robbery by sudden snatching on Feb. 3, 2015, and for carrying a concealed firearm without having a valid license and resisting arrest on May 1, 2012.

Manosalva’s record also signals regular marijuana use for years. He was arrested 10 times for possession from 2011, when he was 17, to 2019, when he was 25, in Miami-Dade County, records show.

Eight of the marijuana cases were with MDPD in May 2011; June 2014; October 2014; November 2014; August 2015; August 2017; May 2018, and January 2019. The other two were in 2016 with the Miami Dade Schools Police Department and the Florida Highway Patrol.

Most of his cases were dropped. The Florida Department of Corrections doesn’t consider Manosalva a convicted felon. That may change this year. Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Teresa Mary Pooler is presiding over the new case.

Manosalva’s pre-trial detention hearing was set for 9 a.m., on Monday.

Detectives were asking anyone with information about this or other cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.