A 93-year-old man was left “penniless” after police say his niece and her son forged documents and stole his Hialeah home and cash valued at $500,000, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s office announced Friday.
Man, 93, stuck at Hialeah facility after relatives conspire to steal home, car, savings, police say
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Man, 93, left penniless after relatives conspire to steal home, car, savings, police say
HIALEAH, Fla. – At 93 years old, Manuel Toledo was at an assisted living facility on Friday in Hialeah without a penny to his name. Detectives said two relatives committed fraud to empty his bank accounts, sell his house and take his savings.
Ana Castellanos, his niece, said he had worked really hard for everything he had after arriving from Cuba and becoming a U.S. citizen. She said he was a homeowner, and a woman pretending to be a really close relative stole more than $500,000 from him, police said.
Until September, every single police department in Miami-Dade will go beyond their normal cooperation to put more officers in the neighborhoods where most of the shootings are taking place.
“We mourn together as a community and now we act together as a community and Operation Summer Heat is a call to action, said Freddy Ramirez, Miami-Dade’s Police Director.
Ramirez said the community will see more police out and more officers directly engaging the community. Ramirez got all the law enforcement agencies on board for the summer push.
The group made clear they can’t do it alone and need the public’s help in finding three men who shot 23 people in just a few seconds, as well as others who are shooting in Miami-Dade streets.
A 19-year-old man has been arrested but his mother appears to have fled the country after the duo exploited their 93-year-old uncle from Hialeah, leaving him penniless, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office announced on Friday.
Two Miami-Dade Corrections officers are facing charges after they were caught smuggling contraband items into the Dade Correctional Institution, authorities.