{"id":225461,"date":"2026-04-09T22:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225461\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T22:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:09:09","slug":"man-accused-of-breaking-into-miami-springs-restaurant-to-watch-tv-made-himself-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225461\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of breaking into Miami Springs restaurant to watch TV: \u2018Made himself at home\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0April 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM<\/p>\n<p>Suspect returned the following day and was arrestedMan arrested after breaking into Miami Springs restaurant <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI SPRINGS, Fla.  \u2014 A Miami man was arrested earlier this week after being found inside a closed Miami Springs restaurant. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/04\/09\/acusan-a-hombre-de-irrumpir-en-restaurante-de-miami-springs-para-ver-television-como-si-estuviera-en-su-casa\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/04\/09\/acusan-a-hombre-de-irrumpir-en-restaurante-de-miami-springs-para-ver-television-como-si-estuviera-en-su-casa\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police took Johnnie Sanders, 34, into custody on Monday at Uncle Hanks\u2019 Hideaway restaurant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI didn\u2019t care he made himself at home,\u201d said restaurant owner Matthew Curtis. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to police, Sanders was found inside the restaurant, located at 78 Canal St., late Monday night after authorities said he entered without permission while the business was clearly closed. Nobody was inside and the lights were off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It wasn\u2019t the first time he allegedly broke into it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">That was on Easter Sunday, when surveillance cameras captured Sanders entering the business and taking a set of spare keys before watching TV inside the restaurant for four hours despite it being closed and him not being welcome, according to Curtis. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The next evening, police said he returned, and that\u2019s when he was taken into custody. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police said that before his arrest, Sanders gave the spare keys to Curtis upon request. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As of Thursday afternoon, Sanders remained behind bars at the Metro West Correctional Center with bond listed as \u201cto be set\u201d on two counts of burglary on an unoccupied structure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Rosh Lowe\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/d69633d3-fc9a-4bb5-94.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Rosh Lowe<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Reporter Rosh Lowe has been covering news for nearly two decades in South Florida. 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