{"id":8105,"date":"2025-02-13T17:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T22:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/?p=8105"},"modified":"2025-02-13T17:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T22:10:14","slug":"man-busted-after-trying-to-cash-stolen-lottery-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/2025\/02\/13\/man-busted-after-trying-to-cash-stolen-lottery-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Busted After Trying to Cash Stolen Lottery Ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Man Charged in Miami Business Burglaries Busted after Trying to Cash in Stolen Lottery Ticket, Police Say<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Suspect&#8217;s M.O. Revealed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Miami Police officers hit the lotto when they caught a repeat burglar trying to cash in a lottery ticket he stole. The accused serial thief, 54-year-old Daniel Perez, was identified as the suspect who broke into the family-owned Sapir Market on Southwest 16th Street and 22nd Avenue in Miami.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surveillance Footage Shows Suspect&#8217;s Entry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the police, Perez broke into the grocery store through the roof at around 3:30 a.m. on February 5. The alarm system alerted police, and officers responded to the scene. However, they didn&#8217;t notice any signs of forced entry until they checked the roof, where they found a large gaping hole and hammers and a crowbar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Police Link Suspect to Multiple Burglaries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police said this was not Perez&#8217;s first strike. They later linked him to several other rooftop burglaries dating back to January 11, including one at Cloud Smoke Shop on Southwest Eighth Street. Detectives used the scratch-off tickets to track him down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stolen Lottery Tickets Lead to Arrest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&quot;These lottery tickets have a tracking to it, so if they&#8217;re a winning ticket, and you go cash it somewhere, we&#8217;ll know that these are the stolen tickets,&quot; said Miami Police Officer Michael Vega. Police discovered Perez was cashing them in in Alllapattah, where they tracked him down on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arrest and Charges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Officers took the suspect into custody, and Perez appeared in bond court on Wednesday afternoon. He faces a list of charges, including burglary, grand theft, and criminal mischief. &quot;Sir, you are ordered to stay away from the Dollar Plus Mini Mart,&quot; said Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Mindy S. Glazer. Perez is being held without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in West Miami-Dade because, investigators said, he was out on a felony bond for a different incident at the time of his arrest on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The case highlights the importance of having a tracking system in place for stolen lottery tickets. It also demonstrates the creative efforts of detectives to track down the suspect and bring him to justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FAQs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What was the motive behind the suspect&#8217;s actions?<br \/>\nThe suspect was motivated by financial gain, using stolen lottery tickets to cash in and purchase cigarettes.<\/li>\n<li>How did police track down the suspect?<br \/>\nPolice used the scratch-off tickets to track the suspect down, as they have a tracking system in place.<\/li>\n<li>What charges is the suspect facing?<br \/>\nThe suspect is facing charges of burglary, grand theft, and criminal mischief.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man Charged in Miami Business Burglaries Busted after Trying to Cash in Stolen Lottery Ticket, Police Say Suspect&#8217;s M.O. Revealed Miami Police officers hit the lotto when they caught a repeat burglar trying to cash in a lottery ticket he stole. The accused serial thief, 54-year-old Daniel Perez, was identified as the suspect who broke [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsvn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/250212_Daniel_Perez_burglary_suspect_Miami_mugshot.jpg?quality=60&strip=color&w=640&resize=640,360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8107,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8105\/revisions\/8107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}