{"id":319986,"date":"2026-06-25T22:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319986\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T22:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:36:15","slug":"fake-contractor-scams-miami-dade-homeowner-out-of-9200-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319986\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake contractor scams Miami-Dade homeowner out of $9,200, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published:\u00a0June 25, 2026 at 5:02 PM<\/p>\n

Updated:\u00a0June 25, 2026 at 5:37 PM<\/p>\n

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A man is facing theft and unlicensed contracting charges after deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office say he accepted thousands of dollars to install impact windows and doors but never began the work.<\/p>\n

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According to an arrest report, 34-year-old Maikel Alvarez Reyes entered into an agreement with a homeowner near the 900 block of Northwest 99th Street in the county\u2019s Pinewood neighborhood to install glass windows and doors for $11,352.<\/p>\n

Investigators said the victim paid Alvarez Reyes an initial $6,200 in May 2024 and another $3,000 in June 2024, totaling $9,200. <\/p>\n

They said no work was ever started, and no materials were provided despite repeated attempts by the homeowner to either recover her money or receive the purchased materials.<\/p>\n

Deputies confirmed the arrest of Alvarez Reyes on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

After waiving his Miranda rights, investigators said he gave a statement that was redacted from the publicly released report.<\/p>\n

Jail records show Alvarez Reyes is facing one count each of third-degree grand and contracting without a license. <\/p>\n

As of Thursday, the Cuban national was being held on an immigration hold at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where his bond was listed as \u201cto be set.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born on Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida, since 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0June 25, 2026 at 5:02 PM Updated:\u00a0June 25, 2026 at 5:37 PM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-319986","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\/319986","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=319986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}