Video above: Rapids Waterpark opens for 47th season with new attractions, eventsA New York resident is behind bars in relation to fraudulent activity at a World Baseball Classic game in Miami.The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday that Hector A. Giral Hernandez, 42, from Jamaica, Queens, New York, was arrested at loanDepot park, the home of Major League Baseball club the Miami Marlins, on Saturday on a charge of organized scheme to defraud.According to a report from the sheriff’s office, law enforcement was working in plain clothes details at the stadium during the World Baseball Classic game between Japan and Venezuela.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsA director of security at the stadium told an investigator that a victim made contact with law enforcement and advised that he purchased the wrist band from a man, later identified as Giral Hernandez. According to the victim, when he attempted to enter the stadium, stadium security told the victim that he had a “fake wrist band as a ticket” and was not allowed into the stadium.Multiple people were also not allowed into the stadium after they said they purchased the wristbands from a Latin man wearing a black hat, grey shirt and black pants.Victims said Giral Hernandez was walking outside the stadium property. As law enforcement was contacting the victim, the victim spotted Giral Hernandez and told the investigator he sold the victim the wrist band ticket.Law enforcement detained Giral Hernandez. An investigator said Giral Hernandez identified himself and Giral Hernandez said, “I am from New York and only came to watch the game. My friend said some guy is selling tickets for $60-70 and I don’t know what happened.”Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.Law enforcement noted in the report that Giral Hernandez misrepresented the validity of the tickets in order to obtain money from multiple people.Giral Hernandez is being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami on an immigration hold.
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A New York resident is behind bars in relation to fraudulent activity at a World Baseball Classic game in Miami.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday that Hector A. Giral Hernandez, 42, from Jamaica, Queens, New York, was arrested at loanDepot park, the home of Major League Baseball club the Miami Marlins, on Saturday on a charge of organized scheme to defraud.
Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office
Hector A. Giral Hernandez
According to a report from the sheriff’s office, law enforcement was working in plain clothes details at the stadium during the World Baseball Classic game between Japan and Venezuela.
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A director of security at the stadium told an investigator that a victim made contact with law enforcement and advised that he purchased the wrist band from a man, later identified as Giral Hernandez.
According to the victim, when he attempted to enter the stadium, stadium security told the victim that he had a “fake wrist band as a ticket” and was not allowed into the stadium.
Multiple people were also not allowed into the stadium after they said they purchased the wristbands from a Latin man wearing a black hat, grey shirt and black pants.
Victims said Giral Hernandez was walking outside the stadium property. As law enforcement was contacting the victim, the victim spotted Giral Hernandez and told the investigator he sold the victim the wrist band ticket.
Law enforcement detained Giral Hernandez. An investigator said Giral Hernandez identified himself and Giral Hernandez said, “I am from New York and only came to watch the game. My friend said some guy is selling tickets for $60-70 and I don’t know what happened.”
Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.
Law enforcement noted in the report that Giral Hernandez misrepresented the validity of the tickets in order to obtain money from multiple people.
Giral Hernandez is being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami on an immigration hold.