{"id":2947,"date":"2026-06-22T23:33:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2026-06-22T23:33:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:33:40","slug":"longtime-felon-pepper-sprays-employee-in-aventura-nordstrom-rack-robbery-cops-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947","title":{"rendered":"Longtime felon pepper-sprays employee in Aventura Nordstrom Rack robbery, cops say"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>AVENTURA, Fla. \u2014 A woman with a long criminal history in Miami-Dade County dating back nearly three decades is now facing four more felony charges after Aventura police said she pepper-sprayed a loss prevention employee during a robbery at a Nordstrom Rack store on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2945\">Safety alert: Homestead bust nets drug-laced snacks and candy marketed to kids<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Pappy Tina Miller, 57, of Miami Beach, committed her latest crime while on probation. <\/p>\n<p>Investigators said Miller began stealing items from the Nordstrom Rack at 20669 Biscayne Blvd. just after 2:40 p.m. and, about 10 minutes later, walked out with nearly $1,800 in concealed goods in a shopping cart. <\/p>\n<p>An arrest report states that the loss prevention officer tried to detain Miller and recover the stolen items but she \u201cimmediately resisted his efforts to recover the stolen merchandise by maintaining control of the shopping cart and actively struggling with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She then \u201cforcefully\u201d pushed him away, pepper-sprayed him and fled, the report states. <\/p>\n<p>Police said they determined Miller\u2019s identity and found her just after 4:10 p.m. in the area of a nearby Best Buy store.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, she identified herself as \u201cAnna\u201d and \u201cdenied being Pappy Tina Miller.\u201d But authorities said they were able to prove it was her.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2943\">Federal investigators release cause of Surfside condo collapse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The report states that \u201cMiller denied stealing any items and claimed she had paid for everything in her possession\u201d and denied pepper-spraying the worker. She had discarded the pepper-spray canister, police said. <\/p>\n<p>Police arrested Miller on charges including armed robbery, armed grand theft, evidence tampering and felon in possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>It adds to Miller\u2019s long history of criminal conduct in Miami-Dade.<\/p>\n<p>Records show her first criminal conviction in Miami-Dade County was in 2001 for child neglect or abuse following an arrest in Sunny Isles Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Miller, known by aliases including \u201cPeppy Miller,\u201d \u201cPappy Stevens\u201d and \u201cRenee Morales,\u201d has spent time in state prison after various Miami-Dade convictions, including for grand theft, credit card fraud and organized fraud.<\/p>\n<p>She was on probation for a 2025 grand theft conviction at the time of her latest arrest on Friday, records show.<\/p>\n<p>As of Monday afternoon, Miller was being held without bond in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2941\">Pack of cat-killing wild dogs has Miami Beach neighborhood on edge: \u2018What if it was a child?\u2019<\/a><\/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>A woman with a long criminal history in Miami-Dade County dating back nearly three decades is now facing four more felony charges after Aventura police said she pepper-sprayed a loss prevention employee during a robbery at a Nordstrom Rack store on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2947","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Longtime felon pepper-sprays employee in Aventura Nordstrom Rack robbery, cops say - South Florida Moving Guides<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Longtime felon pepper-sprays employee in Aventura Nordstrom Rack robbery, cops say - South Florida Moving Guides\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A woman with a long criminal history in Miami-Dade County dating back nearly three decades is now facing four more felony charges after Aventura police said she pepper-sprayed a loss prevention employee during a robbery at a Nordstrom Rack store on Friday.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Florida Moving Guides\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-22T23:33:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/?p=2947#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/?p=2947\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/20969a46eb23057893f2f0726e65003e\"},\"headline\":\"Longtime felon pepper-sprays employee in Aventura Nordstrom Rack robbery, cops say\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-22T23:33:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/?p=2947\"},\"wordCount\":440,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/?p=2947#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/4c426d5433ab1baeb176953bbd5e2fee.avif\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/?p=2947#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/?p=2947\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/?p=2947\",\"name\":\"Longtime felon pepper-sprays employee in Aventura Nordstrom Rack robbery, cops say - South Florida Moving Guides\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/?p=2947#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/?p=2947#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/4c426d5433ab1baeb176953bbd5e2fee.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-22T23:33:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/20969a46eb23057893f2f0726e65003e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/?p=2947#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/?p=2947\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/?p=2947#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/4c426d5433ab1baeb176953bbd5e2fee.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/4c426d5433ab1baeb176953bbd5e2fee.avif\",\"width\":700,\"height\":394},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/?p=2947#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Longtime felon pepper-sprays employee in Aventura Nordstrom Rack robbery, cops say\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"South Florida Moving Guides\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/20969a46eb23057893f2f0726e65003e\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/southfloridamovingguides.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Longtime felon pepper-sprays employee in Aventura Nordstrom Rack robbery, cops say - South Florida Moving Guides","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Longtime felon pepper-sprays employee in Aventura Nordstrom Rack robbery, cops say - South Florida Moving Guides","og_description":"A woman with a long criminal history in Miami-Dade County dating back nearly three decades is now facing four more felony charges after Aventura police said she pepper-sprayed a loss prevention employee during a robbery at a Nordstrom Rack store on Friday.","og_url":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947","og_site_name":"South Florida Moving Guides","article_published_time":"2026-06-22T23:33:40+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/#\/schema\/person\/20969a46eb23057893f2f0726e65003e"},"headline":"Longtime felon pepper-sprays employee in Aventura Nordstrom Rack robbery, cops say","datePublished":"2026-06-22T23:33:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947"},"wordCount":440,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4c426d5433ab1baeb176953bbd5e2fee.avif","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947","url":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947","name":"Longtime felon pepper-sprays employee in Aventura Nordstrom Rack robbery, cops say - South Florida Moving Guides","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4c426d5433ab1baeb176953bbd5e2fee.avif","datePublished":"2026-06-22T23:33:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/#\/schema\/person\/20969a46eb23057893f2f0726e65003e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4c426d5433ab1baeb176953bbd5e2fee.avif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4c426d5433ab1baeb176953bbd5e2fee.avif","width":700,"height":394},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2947#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Longtime felon pepper-sprays employee in Aventura Nordstrom Rack robbery, cops say"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/","name":"South Florida Moving Guides","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/#\/schema\/person\/20969a46eb23057893f2f0726e65003e","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com"],"url":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}