Two Cuban residents in Miami were arrested after being caught red-handed stealing mail from mailboxes from a neighborhood in Indian River County, Florida, in the early hours of last Tuesday.
Yasniel Acosta Prieto28 years old, and Ariel Echevarria Borges37 years old, had in their possession more than 50 pieces of mailincluding checks, bank statements and personal documents, when they were discovered by deputies from the county Sheriff’s Office (IRCSO), according to a statement Of the entity.
The officers even recovered stolen mail from the states of Texas and Alabama from the vehicle.
Indian River Police were alerted by a resident of a Vero Beach neighborhood who noticed a suspicious vehicle loitering in the area and moving slowly near mailboxes. Concerned about the unusual activity, the neighbor called the authorities.
Thanks to the information, the agents were able to intercept the vehicle of the suspects who, confused by the sudden arrest, They were unable to provide a convincing explanation for the abundance of stolen mail found in their possession.. Acosta and Echevarría were arrested outside the home located at 3350 13th Street Vero Beach.
Both suspects each face one count of possession of personally identifiable information of five or more people, several felony theft charges y criminal use of personally identifiable informationaccording to arrest reports.
Acosta and Echevarría were held in the Indian River County Jail and each was sentenced to bail of $180,000.
In recent months, cases of several Cubans involved in mail theft crimes in Florida have been reported.
Miguel Hernández Sánchez, 30, and Dafne María Roldán, 29, were arrested in Miami last January, accused of stealing mail from several homes on Sunset Drive.
Other Cuban was surprised and recorded by a driver while walking through a residential area of Miami and searching the mailboxes of the homes. The driver called the police and the suspect ran from the scene.
Hialeah residents reported last December that there were proliferations of thieves who stole the mail, around the Christmas holidays.
In 2021, Yunior Blanco Pedroso26 years old and resident of Miami, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for serial theft of postal packages from porches and mailboxes domestic in South Florida.
