HIALEAH, Fla. — A Miami man is accused of stealing about $2,000 from a slot machine inside a Hialeah market after police said he broke into the machine with a metal rod earlier this month.
According to an arrest report, the incident happened on May 2 at Bora Bora Market, located at 3296 Palm Ave. in Hialeah.
Hialeah police identified the suspect as 50-year-old Alejandro Izaguirre, of Miami’s West Little River neighborhood.
Officers responded to the market around 3:15 p.m. in reference to a grand theft and criminal mischief investigation.
A Bora Bora employee told police that he reviewed surveillance footage and saw an unknown man damaging a slot machine with what appeared to be a metal rod.
According to investigators, the footage showed the suspect entering the business around 1:30 p.m. to play the slot machine before later leaving and returning to his vehicle.
Police said the man was then seen opening the trunk and driver-side door before returning to the market carrying the metal object.
They said the suspect then broke the slot machine, causing more than $1,000 in damage, and removed about $2,000 in cash before fleeing in a vehicle.
The victim told police the suspect had visited the business before and may have been named Alejandro, according to the report.
The report states that an officer reviewing the surveillance footage on Monday recognized the suspect as Alejandro Menendez Izaguirre, whom the officer had previously arrested in connection with a similar incident last year.
Investigators later responded to Izaguirre’s home and took him into custody.
According to the report, while officers were at the home, Izaguirre spontaneously told his girlfriend “it was because of the slot machines” after she asked why he was being arrested.
Jail records show Izaguirre is facing one count each of third-degree grand theft and criminal mischief causing $1,000 or more in damage.
As of Tuesday, his bond was listed as “to be set” in online Miami-Dade inmate records. Additionally, the Cuban national remained in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on an immigration hold.
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