MIAMI – A 61-year-old Miami man is facing robbery charges after police say he struck another man in the head with a “unknown hard object” and tried to steal from him just after noon Monday in the city’s Overtown neighborhood.
Authorities said Pedro Orlando Lopez was arrested Tuesday by the Miami Police Department, more than 24 hours after the broad-daylight attack on Northwest 17th Street.
According to an arrest report, a witness told officers he saw Lopez walking behind the victim at a fast pace before reaching Northwest Third Avenue…