{"id":140788,"date":"2026-02-02T16:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/140788\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:33:10","slug":"florida-meat-thief-tosses-4k-of-stolen-steaks-after-catching-girlfriend-cooking-with-another-man-fcso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/140788\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida \u2018meat thief\u2019 tosses $4K of stolen steaks after catching girlfriend cooking with another man: FCSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/reyna-mugshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">Courtesy: Flagler County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">PALM COAST, Fla. &#8211; A Cuban national who is accused of stealing $4,000 worth of steaks, roasts and lamb from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florida<\/a> grocery stores allegedly threw out the stolen meat when he caught his girlfriend cooking with another man.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">According to the Flagler County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Heannys O. Alvarez Reyna, 30, was seen on surveillance video selecting $1,574.86 in premium beef and lamb at an area <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/organization\/publix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Publix<\/a> before leaving the store.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Less than 20 minutes later, deputies said Reyna drove to a different Publix and took $2,084 worth of pork, top sirloin, brisket, tenderloin, and personal care products.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">When detectives tracked Reyna down, they said he told them that after stealing the meat, he drove to his girlfriend\u2019s house where he saw her cooking with another man, so he threw out most of his stolen loot.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/illegal-immigrant-charged-dui-after-crashing-friends-truck-leaving-scene-pcso\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Illegal immigrant charged with DUI after crashing friend&#8217;s truck and leaving the scene: PCSO<\/a><\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Investigators said Alvarez Reyna, who is a Cuban national, was arrested and taken to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility, where he is being held on a $5,000 bond in addition to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">&#8220;This wasn&#8217;t just a case of someone trying to \u2018meat\u2019 their budget. This was a calculated, \u2018high-steaks operation\u2019 that left two stores with significant losses,&#8221; said Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly. &#8220;While this suspect&#8217;s selection was choice, his method wasn\u2019t kosher. He really tried to milk the system and by now he\u2019s found out that the Green Roof Inn does not serve premium meats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">&#8220;His relationship may have been past its prime, but stealing isn\u2019t the way to cure what ails you. The bottom line is this: If you steal from our stores, we will catch you and you will \u2018meat\u2019 the consequences,&#8221; Sheriff Staly added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written with information posted on social media by the Flagler County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Courtesy: Flagler County Sheriff&#8217;s Office PALM COAST, Fla. &#8211; A Cuban national who is accused of stealing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[47,28,30,29,115,628],"class_list":["post-140788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}