CORAL GABLES, Fla. – A suspect was arrested in Coral Gables this week after police said he was accused of stealing a motorcycle from a victim on Tuesday.
According to an Instagram post from the Coral Gables Police Department, Lazaro Fabian Marino-Fortes, 21, is facing one count each of grand theft auto and resisting an officer without violence.
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Police said Marino-Fortes was caught on camera stealing a 2022 blue Yamaha motorcycle after it was parked near the 2200 block of Ponce De Leon Boulevard.
Authorities said Fortes used an electric saw to cut the motorcycle’s lock before boosting it and fleeing the scene.
Jail records show Marino-Fortes was arrested around 9 p.m. by the Coral Gables Police Department’s property crimes unit.
Marino-Fortes was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Saturday morning. His bond has not yet been determined.
Court records show Marino-Fortes has faced previous charges of grand theft and burglary on unrelated cases.
Local 10 News has reported on bike thefts being reported throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
It comes after police in Broward County said they are working on multiple cases of crooks ‘boosting bikes’ and residents are upset.
“That bike (has) been one of my dreams since I was a kid,” said Shane Powell. “Riding a bike was my dream since a kid and I have been working on it every day.”
Shane Powell told Local 10 News got a call from his neighbor early Tuesday morning, whose own bike cover had been tampered with. That’s when Powell looked outside and realized his Suzuki GSXR 600 was missing altogether.
Powell said he didn’t have bike locks, but his SunPass clocked the thief heading south on the Florida Turnpike, appearing to get off on Hollywood Boulevard at 1:43 a.m. Wednesday.
Anyone with information on that case is encouraged to call Coral Springs police at 954-344-1800 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.
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