{"id":236319,"date":"2026-04-17T23:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/236319\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T23:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:42:07","slug":"deputies-arrest-miami-man-accused-of-stealing-50k-silver-delivery-in-wellington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/236319\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputies arrest Miami man accused of stealing $50K silver delivery in Wellington"},"content":{"rendered":"

WELLINGTON, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Wellington man lost nearly $50,000 in silver after deputies say a suspect stalked a delivery truck for hours and posed as the homeowner to steal the shipment.<\/p>\n

Deputies with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> say they received a call from the victim on March 14 after he realized two packages containing silver coins, bars, and rounds he ordered from Money Metals Exchange <\/a>had been stolen.<\/p>\n

Although FedEx records showed the items were delivered to his residence on Bent Creek Road two days prior, Berman told deputies he never received them.<\/p>\n

Investigators say the theft was a calculated operation. <\/p>\n

See also: FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive captured in Florida, one day after FBI offers $1M reward<\/a><\/p>\n

On March 12, surveillance footage from the community shows a black Ford Ranger\u2014later identified as the vehicle of 23-year-old Elijah Tate of Miami by its distinct driver\u2019s-side bumper damage\u2014tailgating another vehicle to gain entry through the community’s security gate.<\/p>\n

The truck reportedly remained parked on the residential street for over four hours, waiting for the FedEx delivery driver to arrive.<\/p>\n

The suspect approached the courier, claiming to be the rightful owner, and presented a fraudulent identification card to sign for the high-value cargo. The courier, believing the suspect was the resident, handed over the packages.<\/p>\n

The case broke when Tate’s former employer reviewed dashcam footage and immediately identified the suspect as his ex-employee.<\/p>\n

After locating him on Thursday, deputies established probable cause to book Tate for one count of grand theft of $20,000 to $100,000 and one count of using personal information without consent involving $5,000 or more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WELLINGTON, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Wellington man lost nearly $50,000 in silver after deputies say a suspect stalked…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-236319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236319","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=236319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}