KENDALL — The suspect involved in the dognapping of a French bulldog at a Kendall pet store previous thirty day period has been arrested.
Court docket records display that Stedman Amaya, 36, was charged with third-diploma theft.
According to the arrest affidavit and surveillance video earlier obtained by CBS News Miami, Amaya entered the Petland at 8236 Mills Dr. on the evening of May possibly 15 and started to search the aisles for about five minutes.
Amaya then entered the kennel servicing location of the shop, where he taken out Botitas the French bulldog from the puppy’s kennel and walked out of the retail outlet in advance of fleeing the scene in a white Hyundai SUV. Amaya was dressed in all-black outfits, which mimicked the Petland worker uniform, law enforcement also pointed out.
Police said the pet is valued at practically $13,000.
The following working day, a store employee witness was ready to discover Amaya from a photograph lineup having said that, he was not arrested until eventually Thursday.
On Thursday evening, police acquired that Amaya was in law enforcement custody in reference to a theft in Hialeah. In accordance to the affidavit, Amaya invoked his Miranda rights and refused to communicate with detectives. He was later on charged and transported to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Middle.
In accordance to courtroom records attained by CBS News Miami, Amaya was held in bond courtroom Friday morning and had quite a few other theft rates that involved retail shops like Macy’s and Dick’s Sporting Products. He is also held for a Nebia listening to on a $10,000 bond and has quite a few stay-absent orders that had been issued by the shops he stole from.
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