MIAMI — A 34-year-old man faced 77 charges on Monday after Miami detectives accused him of working at a “chop shop” in Model City, records show.
Detectives arrested Diego Ceden, also known as Diego Cedenflorimon, on June 18 at 6807 NW 7th Ave., in Model City, records show.
Detectives reported finding “rooms filled floor-to-ceiling with Honda vehicle parts wrapped in black plastic and staged for storage, distribution, and sale.”
There was a blue Honda CR-V that “had been cut into multiple large sections,” and a white Honda CR-V “shell that had been cut apart,” according to the detectives’ reports.
Ceden, who lived at the commercial property, “knowingly possessed, stored, concealed, dismantled, or trafficked in stolen motor vehicle parts,” a detective wrote, according to an arrest report.
A gray Honda Civic had the VIN of a 2022 Honda and the engine of a 2025 Honda that had been reported stolen on May 6 in Miami, according to detectives.
There were engines from a white 2026 Honda Civic that was stolen on May 28 in Miami-Dade, a white 2025 Honda CR-V that was stolen on June 12 in Broward, and a blue 2025 Honda CR-V that was stolen on June 12 in Miami-Dade, according to detectives’ reports.
A passenger airbag was from a 2021 Honda Accord that had been reported stolen on March 17, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to detectives.
A complete dashboard assembly with an attached airbag was from a white Honda CR-V that was stolen on May 10, in Sanford, Fla., according to detectives.
Detectives found 56 airbags, eight catalytic converters, body panels, a hood, bumpers, a trunk lid, and a book bag with Ceden’s U.S. passport, car keys, Honda CR-V titles, and ownership documents associated with FG Auto Sales, according to reports.
Ceden was at the Metrowest Detention Center on Monday after Miami-Dade corrections booked him shortly before 7 p.m. on June 18, according to county inmate records.
Miami-Dade prosecutors filed three new cases against Ceden on June 20 and one new case on June 19, according to court records.
The list of the 77 charges he faces includes 55 counts of knowingly possessing, selling, or installing stolen, uninstalled airbags, or salvaged airbags; and eight counts of possessing, purchasing, selling, or installing a stolen catalytic converter.
The list also includes three counts of grand theft auto; two counts of criminal mischief; and two counts of possessing a vehicle with an altered, removed, or obscured Vehicle Identification Number.
Ceden also faced charges of resisting arrest without violence; operating a business without a local business tax receipt; operating, owning, or aiding and abetting a chop shop; possession, sale, installation, alteration, or removal of airbags; grand theft; criminal mischief; and dealing in stolen property.
Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Cristina Miranda was set to preside on the three June 20cases, and Judge Ritamaria Gonzalez was set to preside on the June 19 case, according to court records.
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