MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A southwest Miami-Dade man is facing two felony charges after authorities said a sheriff’s deputy caught him stealing avocados from a farm in the rural Redland area early Monday morning.
According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, Edel Perez had hundreds of pounds of stolen avocados in bags and in the trunk of his Mercedes-Benz.
An MDSO arrest report states that a deputy patrolling the area of Southwest 217th Avenue and 320th Street saw the car parked on the shoulder in front of the avocado grove at around 2:30 a.m. and investigated further…