{"id":368171,"date":"2026-08-11T07:22:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/368171\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T07:22:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:22:53","slug":"man-arrested-after-deputies-find-142-stolen-avocados-at-miami-dade-grove-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/368171\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after deputies find 142 stolen avocados at Miami-Dade grove &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SOUTH MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; A 37-year-old man was arrested after deputies said they caught him stealing 142 avocados from a South Miami-Dade grove.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the arrest report, a deputy was conducting grove checks Sunday as part of Operation Safe Summer 2026 when he spotted a white pickup truck parked at the end of a driveway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deputy investigated and encountered Duniel Arecesgonzalez, who police said was the registered owner of the truck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators said they found 17 avocados in the bed of the pickup, along with four black construction bags filled with avocados next to the truck. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A further check of the grove turned up two more black bags filled with avocados, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities said a total of 142 avocados valued at $852 were taken from the property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arecesgonzalez was taken to the Agricultural Patrol Section office and later transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was charged with third-degree grand theft and trespassing on property other than a structure or conveyance.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTH MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; A 37-year-old man was arrested after deputies said they caught him stealing 142&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-368171","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\/368171","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=368171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}