MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A 27-year-old woman was arrested Monday after she stole a City of Miami police officer’s unmarked, police-issued vehicle, authorities said.
According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, Andrea Marie Assaf and the police officer, who live in the same apartment building in the Dadeland area, but do not reside together, went out for drinks on Sunday.
Deputies said the officer dropped her off at their apartment building, and at some point, Assaf, who is a leasing agent at the building, entered his apartment unit using her key fob and stole the keys to his MPD-issued vehicle.
According to the arrest report, Assaf then texted the officer a photo of herself driving the police vehicle along Southwest 72nd Avenue.
Deputies said the officer texted Assaf back, telling her “not to drive the vehicle.”
Authorities said she later returned the vehicle to the parking garage.
According to the report, the victim went to Assaf’s apartment unit to get his car keys back, at which time Assaf threw the keys on the floor and threw her phone at the officer, striking him in the back of his head, causing a small cut.
The report states that Assaf was arrested around 2:30 a.m. Monday on charges of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, grand theft of a vehicle and battery on a police officer.
As of Monday afternoon, Assaf was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on an $8,500 bond.