One man has been arrested in connection with a home invasion robbery at the Palm Beach County home of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said.
Pedro Rodriguez, of West Palm Beach, was charged with home invasion with a firearm, false imprisonment of a person, grand theft and the sale of illegal drugs.
On Nov. 16, four masked men armed with guns invaded the home of Tekashi 6ix9ine, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez. According to the Sheriff’s Office, one suspect held the rapper’s 60-year-old mother outside while the other men “ransacked the property,” and “asked for cash and car keys.” Hernandez was not home at the time.
The intruders took miscellaneous belongings, including clothing, jewelry, and cash, but did not take any cars from the home in the 6400 block of Duckweed Road near Wellington, police said.
Hernandez has been embroiled in multiple lawsuits in South Florida in recent years and was hospitalized after he was assaulted at an LA Fitness gym in Lake Worth Beach in 2023.
The day after the home invasion, a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy met with a neighborhood security officer who produced an image of three of the suspects captured on another homeowner’s security camera.
Pedro Rodriguez was charged with home invasion with a firearm, false imprisonment of a person, grand theft and the sale of illegal drugs related to a robbery at the Palm Beach County home of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine. (Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office/Courtesy)
On Dec. 19, deputies executed a search warrant at Rodriguez’s home in West Palm Beach after linking his phone to the crime scene. They found items reported stolen from the rapper’s house, as well as a firearm believed to be the same type used in the home invasion. Deputies also reported finding a substantial amount of narcotics.
Rodriguez was being held at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office main detention center in West Palm Beach.