MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A man running a company called Creed Metal was arrested one day before Easter for scamming a religious school out of more than $223,000, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said St. Kevin Catholic School, located at 4001 SW 127th Ave., contracted with Nestor Olivares in September 2024 to install 13 aluminum roof structures.

But an MDSO arrest report states that Olivares, 50, “failed to fulfill the terms of the agreement, neglecting to provide the agreed-upon materials or perform the work as outlined.”

On top of that, deputies said he didn’t even have a license.

Authorities said in February 2026, Olivares promised the school a full refund by Feb. 25, but never paid up. They said he also gave the church false bank paperwork claiming he had initiated a wire transfer.

Deputies arrested Olivares at his home on Southwest 126th Avenue, about a half-mile from the church in the county’s Tamiami area, on Saturday.

He faces charges of first-degree grand theft and forgery and a county ordinance violation of contracting without a license.

As of Monday, the Venezuelan national remained in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $30,150 bond. Records show he’ll have to prove that any bond money came from a legitimate source before authorities will let him out of jail.

The same church made headlines last November after deputies arrested a priest after an alleged dispute over a “politically-inclined poster.” But his case no longer appears in Miami-Dade court records.

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