A man has been arrested in a series of car thefts and burglaries that targeted high-end vehicles in Coral Gables and Miami, police said.
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Ivis Aceituno, 22, was arrested Tuesday on charges including burglary, attempted burglary, grand theft of a vehicle, and petit theft, Miami-Dade jail records showed.
According to arrest reports, the charges involve at least eight separate incidents that date back to last month, including six incidents that happened or were reported on May 30.
Three incidents happened in the 500 block of Palermo Avenue, where a Volkswagen and Chrysler were burglarized and there were attempted burglaries of a Ford Mustang and a Mercedes-Benz, the reports said.
The same day, there was an incident at a home on Anderson Road in which the suspect tried to break into three separate vehicles, including two Ferraris and a Lamborghini, as well as a separate attempt to burglarize a Cadillac Escalade and a Subaru on Segovia Street, the reports said.
The suspect successfully stole a 2026 Dodge Durango from the driveway of a home on Aledo Avenue, and the vehicle was later found abandoned thanks to a GPS tracker, the reports said.
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In the back of the Durango was the bicycle used by the suspect in all of the burglaries, the reports said.
On June 5, on Southwest 22nd Terrace in Miami, the suspect entered a vehicle and stole AirPods, the reports said.
And on June 9, the suspect stole a Ford Mustang from the driveway of a home on Savona Avenue that was also later found abandoned with the help of the GPS tracker, the reports said.
The reports said surveillance footage linked Aceituno to the incidents and said the stolen vehicles were recovered within a four-block radius of his address.
Aceituno was arrested by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office and booked into jail.
He appeared before a judge on Wednesday who set his bond at $32,650 along with house arrest with a GPS monitor and a curfew from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.
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