A security guard at Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade is facing charges after he was accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a detainee, authorities said.
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Matthew Christian Torres, 31, was arrested Monday on a charge of third-degree grand theft, an arrest report said.
The alleged theft happened at the Krome Service Processing Center at 18201 Southwest 12th Street.
According to the report, a U.S. Homeland Security representative was preparing a deportee’s documents and advised staff he was missing over $5,300.
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Investigators obtained security footage from Aug. 19 that showed Torres, a security officer employed by a contractor, putting the victim’s money in a log book, the report said.
The footage then showed Torres concealing the money in his jacket and later placing it in the pocket of his pants, the report said.
Torres never advised a supervisor of the money belonging to the victim and it was never logged in the property book, the report said.
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Torres was booked into jail. Attorney information wasn’t available.