HOMESTEAD, Fla. — A 35-year-old man who has been arrested nearly 20 times in Miami-Dade County was back behind bars on Wednesday, records show.
Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested Christopher Chiofalo at 10:40 p.m. on Tuesday at 27329 South Dixie Highway, in the Naranja neighborhood, according to a police report.
The deputies took Chiofalo to the Homestead Police Department, where police officers showed him the video of a burglary on July 25 at Soriano Brothers Cuban Cuisine at 80 NE 15 St., according to the report.
“Oh, yeah! I broke into the business a while back ... looked familiar ... Yeah, that’s me ... You got me,” Chiofalo told a police officer, according to the police arrest report.
Court records show prosecutors filed a dozen cases against Chiofalo from 2011 to 2013 and six from 2015 to 2021, and about half were alleged burglaries and robberies.
A police officer estimated the total loss for the business burglarized on July 25, “including stolen cash, property damage, and replacement costs,” was about $5,200, according to the police report.
Miami-Dade corrections booked Chiofalo shortly after 4:15 a.m. on Wednesday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center near Doral, according to inmate records.
Chiofalo faced three charges: Armed burglary, third-degree grand theft, and criminal mischief of $1,000 0r more.
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