MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A Miami Gardens man is facing charges after investigators said he allegedly broke into a Miami-Dade senior’s home and stole about $33,000 in cash, along with televisions and jewelry.
According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, 33-year-old Antonio Nieves was arrested Monday after investigators linked him to a burglary that occurred on June 30 at a home near the 4200 block of Northwest 32nd Street in the county’s Brownsville area.
Deputies said the 78-year-old victim reported that someone forced open her rear kitchen door, causing about $300 in damage, before the home was “ransacked.”
The report states the suspects also broke a hole in a wall and stole approximately $33,000 in cash, two LG televisions and a gold necklace with a pendant.
Investigators reviewed surveillance footage from inside the home and saw a person they later identified as Nieves “partially enter” the home before he “backed out when he noticed the interior security cameras,” according to the report.
The report states that moments later, surveillance footage captured that same person back inside the home covering his face with a white cloth while he was accompanied by an “unknown Black male.”
The report states investigators also found surveillance video showing a cream-colored, early 2000s four-door pickup truck used in the burglary.
Detectives said the truck matched a GMC Canyon registered to Nieves that had “specific markings and aftermarket insignias” on it.
They said Nieves was also seen at a jewelry store about an hour and a half before the burglary, where he completed a “pawn/sale transaction.”
According to the report, security footage from the store showed Nieves wearing the same clothing investigators say he wore during the burglary and driving the same vehicle.
Police arrested Nieves Monday near Northwest 17th Avenue and 44th Street after a Miami police sergeant spotted him driving the GMC Canyon and conducted a traffic stop, the report states.
Jail records show Nieves is facing one count each of burglary of an occupied dwelling, second-degree grand theft between $20,000 and $100,000, and criminal mischief.
Investigators requested a Nebbia hold “due to the amount stolen from the 78-year-old widow victim.” A Nebbia hold allows a judge to require a defendant to show the source of funds being used for bond if there are concerns the money may have come from illegal activity.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Nieves was being held without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. He was also ordered to stay away from the victim.
Anyone with information about the identity of the second suspect is urged to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
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