The Police ask for help from the community to find the identity of a man who stole a sofa and a plant from the porch of a home where a Cuban family resides in southwest Miami.
Just two minutes were enough for the thief to park a black SUV at the entrance of the house and load the items. However, surveillance video reveals that he had some difficulty fitting the stolen items into his vehicle.
The incident occurred on Thursday, November 9, shortly before 9 a.m. in a home located on 112th Avenue and 162nd Terrace in the southwest.
Cuban Arazay Rodríguez returned home after dropping her children off at school and discovered to her surprise that neither a plant that her husband had given her for Valentine’s Day nor a wicker sofa that they had in the porch was missing.
Although initially she thought it was a prank by her husband, her brother or her brother-in-law, but upon reviewing the surveillance video she realized that they had been the victim of a robbery.
“8:36 am in the morning, broad daylight, hooded with the car’s license plate covered, he got out, took everything and left”said Arazay Rodríguez in statements collected by America Camel.
The value of the stolen items amounts to about $350. However, beyond the economic value of the stolen items, what worries them is the safety of the family, since they were already victims of another robbery attempt a few days ago, in that case inside a vehicle.
The young woman explained that in that case one of the family cars was left open at night and the thieves tried to take something but they did not find anything of value inside the car.
In recent months, reports of similar robberies have skyrocketed in Miami-Dade County.
After the most recent incident, the couple plans to reinforce the security of their home.
“Now we are trying to reinforce things a little, we already talked about putting bars outside the fence so that nothing more happens”said Mairon Pérez, Azaray’s husband.
“The Christmas decorations are put up by my wife, if it had been up to me, I wouldn’t have put anything up this year, because I’m saying they’re going to take the dolls again, even the brother tells her they’re going to take them,” concluded Mairon Pérez .
Anyone who recognizes the person involved in the robbery can contact the Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers line at (305) 471-8477.
