{"id":251,"date":"2026-05-13T21:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=251"},"modified":"2026-05-13T21:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:36:28","slug":"video-shows-aftermath-of-chilling-sweetwater-robbery-involving-halloween-masks-zip-tied-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=251","title":{"rendered":"Video shows aftermath of chilling Sweetwater robbery involving Halloween masks, zip-tied workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>SWEETWATER, Fla. \u2014 Newly-released body camera video shows police responding to a terrifying robbery in which a group of California men came to South Florida, donned \u201cMichael Myers\u201d Halloween masks, raided a business and zip-tied frightened employees.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=249\">Prosecutors to retry Alex Murdaugh in deaths of wife and son after high court overturned convictions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/p>\n<p>The June 2025 robbery ended in a police chase and an officer shooting one of the suspects in the leg.<\/p>\n<p>It happened at an unidentified business at 10893 NW 17th St. in Sweetwater.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the three main suspects flew from San Francisco and armed themselves with airsoft or BB guns, went to the business and zip-tied the employees, forcing them into a bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>The group then gathered up 170 different Apple products and took the key\u2019s to the business\u2019s van \u2015 their would-be getaway vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>After hearing police sirens, the three took off in the van. As the men were getting into the van, police opened fire and shot one of the suspects, Eric Chase, 42, of Oakland, California, in the leg.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=247\">Pair arrested after 130+ mph chase ends in crash, bailout on Florida\u2019s Turnpike: FHP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite Chase\u2019s injury, the trio led police on a chase in which they would discard objects, including a \u201cblack police-style vest\u201d and one of the masks.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said they stopped the men after the van became immobile near the 10800 block of South River Drive in Medley.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities later announced the arrests of Chase, along with Aaron Brown, 35, of Oakland, California, and Ranier Landry, 27, of Hayward, California and the three were soon charged federally.<\/p>\n<p>Federal court documents revealed that a fourth suspect, 26-year-old Jiayin Nian, was also indicted in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=245\">Bam Adebayo partners with \u2018MDMotivator\u2019 to surprise single mother with car, cash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All were found guilty of various charges.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Latest headlines from:<\/div>\n<div>\nMiami-Dade<br \/>\nBroward<br \/>\nFlorida Keys<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary><span>Cities<\/span><span>\u25be<\/span><\/summary>\n<div>\n<div>\nMiami<br \/>\nFort Lauderdale<br \/>\nCoral Springs<br \/>\nDavie<br \/>\nDeerfield Beach<br \/>\nDoral<br \/>\nHialeah<br \/>\nHollywood<br \/>\nHomestead<br \/>\nLauderhill<br \/>\nMiami Beach<br \/>\nMiami Gardens<br \/>\nMiramar<br \/>\nPembroke Pines<br \/>\nPlantation<br \/>\nPompano Beach<br \/>\nSunrise<br \/>\nTamarac\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly-released body camera video shows police responding to a terrifying robbery in which a group of California men came to South Florida, donned \u201cMichael Myers\u201d Halloween masks, raided a business and zip-tied frightened employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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