HIALEAH, Fla. \u2014 A Miami man is accused of stealing about $2,000 from a slot machine inside a Hialeah market after police said he broke into the machine with a metal rod earlier this month. <\/p>\n
According to an arrest report, the incident happened on May 2 at Bora Bora Market, located at 3296 Palm Ave. in Hialeah.<\/p>\n
Hialeah police identified the suspect as 50-year-old Alejandro Izaguirre, of Miami\u2019s West Little River neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Officers responded to the market around 3:15 p.m. in reference to a grand theft and criminal mischief investigation.<\/p>\n
A Bora Bora employee told police that he reviewed surveillance footage and saw an unknown man damaging a slot machine with what appeared to be a metal rod. <\/p>\n
According to investigators, the footage showed the suspect entering the business around 1:30 p.m. to play the slot machine before later leaving and returning to his vehicle. <\/p>\n
Police said the man was then seen opening the trunk and driver-side door before returning to the market carrying the metal object.<\/p>\n
They said the suspect then broke the slot machine, causing more than $1,000 in damage, and removed about $2,000 in cash before fleeing in a vehicle.<\/p>\n
The victim told police the suspect had visited the business before and may have been named Alejandro, according to the report.<\/p>\n
The report states that an officer reviewing the surveillance footage on Monday recognized the suspect as Alejandro Menendez Izaguirre, whom the officer had previously arrested in connection with a similar incident last year.<\/p>\n
Investigators later responded to Izaguirre\u2019s home and took him into custody.<\/p>\n
According to the report, while officers were at the home, Izaguirre spontaneously told his girlfriend \u201cit was because of the slot machines\u201d after she asked why he was being arrested. <\/p>\n
Jail records show Izaguirre is facing one count each of third-degree grand theft and criminal mischief causing $1,000 or more in damage.<\/p>\n
As of Tuesday, his bond was listed as \u201cto be set\u201d in online Miami-Dade inmate records. Additionally, the Cuban national remained in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on an immigration hold.<\/p>\n
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