{"id":270926,"date":"2026-05-14T14:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/270926\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:43:07","slug":"mail-theft-suspect-faces-drug-and-id-charges-in-miami-dade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/270926\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail theft suspect faces drug and ID charges in Miami-Dade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 Miami-Dade corrections had a mail theft suspect behind bars on Thursday, who was also facing drug and identification charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/05\/14\/sospechoso-de-robo-de-correo-enfrenta-cargos-de-drogas-e-identificacion-en-miami-dade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/05\/14\/sospechoso-de-robo-de-correo-enfrenta-cargos-de-drogas-e-identificacion-en-miami-dade\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ihab Sulaiman was accused of mail theft on Monday in Miami-Dade County, according to Michael Soto, a spokesman for the United States Postal Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sulaiman, 53, was arrested on Wednesday near Westchester and accused of unlawful possession of five or more identifications, according to a Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office deputy\u2019s arrest report. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators found Sulaiman in a parked gray Chevrolet with mail addressed to different people near Southwest 71 Court and 19 Street, according to the arrest report. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sulaiman was also facing charges of possession of \u201csuspected\u201d crystal meth, Xanax, MDMA, and marijuana, and of possession of drug paraphernalia, records show. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Surveillance video shows the recent mail theft at the Midway Gardens community, where mail had already been stolen back in February. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe have had checks stolen, we have had property stolen, we have had credit cards stolen,\u201d Arturo Abraeu, the homeowners\u2019 association president at Midway Gardens, told Local 10 News on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The video shows that the thief wasn\u2019t working alone. After throwing the stolen mail into a white sports utility vehicle, he sat in the back seat, and the driver fled. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Local 10 News Senior Assignment Editor Frine Gomez and Reporter Roy Ramos contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Related story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/13\/video-shows-man-wanted-for-mail-thefts-in-miami-dade\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/13\/video-shows-man-wanted-for-mail-thefts-in-miami-dade\/\">Video shows man wanted for mail thefts in Miami-Dade<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Details from the arrest report <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators reported finding an \u201cunopened letter from the Internal Revenue service,\u201d an \u201cunopened letter from Citi American Airlines AAdvantage.\u201d an \u201cunopened letter from T-Mobile,\u201d an \u201cunopened Xfinity electronic service request letter,\u201d an \u201cunopened Bank of America credit card letter,\u201d and an \u201cunopened Interamerican Bank letter,\u201d according to the arrest report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators also reported finding an \u201copened Fidelity Investments letter containing account information,\u201d an \u201copened Netcredit from CCBank letter,\u201d and an \u201copened Pershing LLC \/ Janus investment fund letter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In the suspect\u2019s wallet, investigators found six credit cards that did not belong to him, including a Capital One Visa card with the name of a woman and two American Express credit cards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Miami-Dade corrections had a mail theft suspect behind bars on Thursday, who was also&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-270926","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\/270926","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=270926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}