MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A northeast Miami-Dade man with a long criminal history is facing a grand theft charge after deputies said he stole “$30,000 worth of U-Haul dollies” from a business near Doral.
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Juan Mendes, 40, is accused of targeting Express Bags Inc. at 7500 NW 55th St., a luggage and equipment transporter which, according to its website, works with clients including professional sports teams and music artists.
Deputies said at around 10:40 p.m. on Jan. 26, Mendes pulled up to the business in a Chevrolet Tahoe and attached the six dollies to the SUV and drove them away.
Mendes had been identified as the suspect in March and he was officially arrested for the case on Sunday morning, hours after apparently being booked on a misdemeanor charge in a hit-and-run case.
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Mendes has a decade-long history of thievery in Miami-Dade, state records show.
According to the Florida Department of Corrections, he has nearly a dozen convictions, most of which are for theft or burglary.
FDOC records show Mendes spent about five months in state prison in 2023.
He may be headed back eventually. As of Tuesday afternoon, he was being held at TGK with a bond listed as “to be set” in jail records.
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