A simple stroll along the shore turned into a life-threatening ordeal for one man in Miami Beach when he was brutally attacked for failing to provide a cigarette or a cellphone to a stranger.
Authorities have arrested 24-year-old Jack Daniel Gutierrez in connection with the October 23, 2025, assault that left a victim with a gruesome “ear-to-ear” neck wound.
The incident unfolded near a lifeguard tower in the 1700 block of Collins Avenue. According to police reports, the victim was sitting on the sand when Gutierrez approached him and asked for a cigarette. When the man replied that he didn’t smoke, Gutierrez then asked to borrow his phone…