2024-05-22 16:57:57
Miami police officers managed to seize a person accused of perpetrating scams towards jewellery sellers by the OfferUp utility.
The suspect, recognized as David Fontanez-Gutiérrez, 33, faces severe accusations after his arrest on Friday close to Westland Hialeah Senior Excessive College, in Hialeah.
Fontanez-Gutiérrez, who divided his time between southwest Miami-Dade and Kissimmee, used a constant modus operandi to deceive his victims, in accordance with police studies.
It turned out that the person organized conferences with the sellers below the pretext of shopping for jewellery from them, after which fled with the dear objects with out making the agreed cost.
Utilizing telephone numbers supplied by TextNow and blocking victims on OfferUp simply earlier than conferences, he carried out at the least three “profitable” scams between April 28 and Might 14, concentrating his actions within the neighborhood of Little Havana and Miami’s MiMo district.
The primary recorded theft, perpetrated on April 28, escalated to an armed theft by which the accused threatened the sufferer after refusing at hand over a helpful Cuban bracelet.
Fontanez-Gutiérrez’s arrest got here after authorities positioned his automobile, a BMW SUV, parked in an space restricted to college students at Westland Hialeah Senior Excessive College.
The invention of a Glock 19 pistol within the automobile solidified the costs towards him, including to the already severe accusations of theft and possession of a firearm on college property.
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Though his bond has not but been set, he’s additionally being held on an impressive warrant from one other county.
Likewise, Miami police urged all those that could have been victims of Fontanez-Gutiérrez to come back ahead and assist with the corresponding investigations.
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