MIAMI (WSVN) – A South Florida rideshare driver has been left reeling after, he mentioned, a thief broke into his car and stole greater than $2,000 in cash he was planning to ship to his household in Haiti.
The sufferer, who requested to stay nameless out of worry for his security, mentioned Sunday morning’s theft occurred moments after he walked away from his car.
“I’d never think this was going to happen to me,” he mentioned.
The driver mentioned the criminal left with a number of envelopes filled with cash.
“I couldn’t believe he took the money,” he mentioned.
The sufferer mentioned he’d taken the cash from TD Bank alongside Biscayne Boulevard in Miami Shores.
Before heading house, the driving force mentioned, he made a pit cease on the Sabor Tropical supermarket on 79th Street, close to Biscayne Boulevard.
“Before I leave the car to go inside the supermarket, I put the money under the driver’s seat,” he mentioned.
But whereas the sufferer was inside the shop, a felony made his transfer in the car parking zone.
Surveillance video reveals the topic appeared to get into the sufferer’s car with ease, regardless of the sufferer’s declare that the car was locked.
“I saw in the video he had a little black thing, but I don’t know how he got in,” he mentioned. “I locked the car.”
The masked man, seen carrying all purple, and a gold chain, additionally has tattoos all the best way up each of his arms and neck. One of them is a cross on his proper forearm.
The safety footage reveals the perpetrator as he hopped right into a dark-colored minivan with no license plate and took off.
The sufferer mentioned he returned to his car and rapidly observed the cash was gone, so he referred to as police and seemed via footage from a digicam in his car.
“He’s looking for the money now,” he mentioned as he confirmed 7News the footage of the criminal rummaging via his belongings.
That’s when the driving force realized he had been targeted.
He rewound the footage again and observed the folks in the van had been tailing him since he was on the financial institution, ready for a possibility to strike.
The sufferer mentioned the monetary loss hurts, however he doesn’t even wish to think about what may have occurred if he hadn’t stopped on the supermarket and the criminals adopted him again house as a substitute.
“It might be worse, because I have four kids at home,” he mentioned. “It might have been worse. Maybe he had a gun, you know?”
The sufferer has filed a police report. Now he hopes somebody is aware of who the criminal is and studies him to the police.
If you might have any data on this theft or the topic’s whereabouts, name Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you’ll be able to at all times stay nameless, and you could be eligible for a reward of as much as $5,000.
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