A man and woman are facing charges after authorities said a Miami-Dade man who had a $30,000 tool stolen from him found it for sale online.
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The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office began investigating on Sept. 26 after the victim reported his vehicle had been burglarized overnight in the driveway of his home.
During the burglary, a digital templating device worth $30,000 was stolen.
On Sunday, the victim told deputies the item was being sold on Facebook Marketplace and OfferUp for $6,800.
The victim contacted the seller and arranged to buy it, and three people who arrived in a Mercedes with the item inside were taken into custody, an arrest report said.
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Carlos Manuel De La Iglesia-Garcia, 26, who’d tried to complete the sale, was arrested and charged with grand theft, burglary, and dealing in stolen property, the report said.
A woman who was in the car, 35-year-old Malyn Blanco-Valde, was arrested on a charge of dealing in stolen property, the report said.
According to the report, De La Iglesia Garcia gave a full confession and implicated Blanco-Valde in the crime.
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Both were booked into jail. Attorney information wasn’t available.