{"id":421069,"date":"2026-10-07T10:20:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/421069\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T10:20:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:20:52","slug":"man-accused-of-wearing-ice-costume-to-intimidate-voters-at-miami-polling-site-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/421069\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of wearing ICE costume to intimidate voters at Miami polling site"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIAMI (TNND) \u2014 A man accused of posing as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent to intimidate voters at a Miami Dade College polling site during Brazil\u2019s presidential election has been arrested, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Danilo Alves Silva, 46, of Port St. Lucie, was taken into custody Sunday after Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office Homeland Security Bureau detectives saw him aggressively pacing between buildings at the polling site, according to an arrest report obtained by CBS News Miami.<\/a><\/p>\n

The report says Silva wore a blue ICE hat, sunglasses, a camouflage mask, a blue \u201cICE raid jacket\u201d and tactical boots, and carried a handheld radio.<\/p>\n

\"Danilo<\/p>\n

Danilo Alves Silva accused of dressing up as ICE agent at Miami polling site (Miami-Dade Corrections)<\/p>\n

Deputies followed Silva as he moved between two voting buildings and said he approached several people who appeared afraid that an immigration agent was interfering with the election and might deport voters.<\/p>\n

When a concerned voter and a person carrying a camera confronted Silva about scaring people, deputies said he responded aggressively before detectives intervened.<\/p>\n

After he was detained, officers said Silva admitted the outfit was a \u201cprop costume\u201d he bought on Amazon and claimed he was not breaking any laws. He said he first voted while wearing a Brazilian jersey, then changed clothes to see people\u2019s reactions while recording them, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Deputies wrote that, given the political climate and the large number of foreign citizens voting at the site, Silva\u2019s actions created the potential for voter intimidation.<\/p>\n

Silva also allegedly told detectives while in custody that they would regret their decision and that he would come after everyone at the scene. He allegedly attempted to bribe officers, telling them, \u201cI will get you paid if you let me go,\u201d according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

The college\u2019s chief of security issued Silva a formal trespass warning barring him from returning to Miami Dade College\u2019s Kendall Campus.<\/p>\n

Silva faces charges of felony voting intimidation, bribery, threatening a public servant, unlawful use of police insignia and disorderly conduct. He posted a $5,650 bond and was released from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. His next hearing is Oct. 19, when prosecutors will decide whether to formally file charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI (TNND) \u2014 A man accused of posing as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent to intimidate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-421069","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\/421069","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=421069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}