A 53-year-old man faced charges over a hit-and-run crash and possession of a stolen gun in Miami-Dade County, records show.

On Monday, corrections held Antonio Tzintzun, who was born in Mexico and lived in southern Miami-Dade, at the Metrowest Detention Center on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold.

A deputy reported Tzintzun failed to stop at a stop sign after he was involved in a hit-and-run crash on Nov. 27 at Southwest 344 Street and 212 Avenue, according to an arrest report in the case.

The deputy reported seeing a stolen firearm on the passenger seat that Tzintzun said he used “at work in a nursery to scare away the animals,” according to the arrest report in the case.

Tzintzun faced charges of grand theft of a firearm, driving without a valid driver’s license, and leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.

Miami-Dade deputies: Man with stolen gun arrested after hit-and-run crash

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