a Cuban gardenera resident of southwest Miami-Dade County, became a victim of the theft of his work tools in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Ifrain Ramos Rubier He is the owner of Rubier Gardens, whose five employees lost their jobs after about $7,000 worth of gardening equipment was stolen, he told AméricaTevé.
Ramos noticed the robbery Sunday morning while he had a job to do and searched for the tools stored in a truck parked in a yard where other gardeners, also victims of the crime, keep their tools.
Surveillance cameras showed two people who approached the place at night and they opened the back of the vehicle, from which they took the tools. The police have not caught the thieves yet.
“Emotionally, it hurt me a lot because they don’t give us courage, gardeners who have to work in the sun day after day,” said the Cuban, who had to spend the day buying new tools and couldn’t carry the ones planned tasks for that day.
“Today my five employees were unemployed and they have children, four have families,” he lamented.
The Cuban gardener pointed out that both he and the other victims of the robbery reported to the miami dade police and they asked the community to call the authorities anonymously in case some thieves were identified.
However, robberies in Miami-Dade have put several Cubans behind bars. last July, A 26-year-old man was arrested on charges of robbing several Miami stores, including three at the Marshalls chain.
At one of the facilities, he stole more than $1,600 worth of clothing; also included his misdeeds in the charges Sak’s Fifth Avenuewhere he allegedly escaped with $1,000 worth of clothing.
days after opinion this person another Cuban arrested for stealing a luxury Jaguar and escape from the police. Subject was arrested while driving the $42,000 car.
Public records show the suspect posted $6,000 bail and has been in trouble with authorities since 2015 on charges including driving without a license, reckless driving and fleeing the scene.
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