March 29 started like any other day for Miurel Vargas. That is, until I got word that crooks had broken into my car and made off with my bag and wallet.
Speaking of which, Vargas, a 26-year-old powerlifter, WTVJ television reported. — I got in my car and started driving around looking for someone with a Nike bag. WFOR-TV reported.
Vargas added to WTVJ that he doesn’t care about the money in his wallet. In fact, there was something irreplaceable inside the wallet. What she was literally going to fight for: “I had a picture of her mother in my wallet, and her mother passed away eight years ago.”
After that, things got quite complicated.
During a frantic search, Vargas collided with a vehicle near 2nd Avenue NW and 22nd Lane in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood, WTVJ reported.
Surveillance camera video captured the moment the two cars collided. Vargas was driving a dark-colored car.
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But the video also recorded something else.
The video shows Vargas very likely spotting the scammer before and after the accident. That’s because she can be seen quickly getting out of the wrecked car and confronting the scammer on the sidewalk right next to the intersection.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
“I tried to forcefully grab his wallet, but he wouldn’t let go,” she explained to WFOR. “So…he put his hands behind his back. [him]I thought he was going to pull out a gun or a knife. So from then on I started hitting him – it was either me or him. ”
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“He was yelling that it wasn’t my bag and that I was crazy,” she added to WFOR.
Police quickly arrested 41-year-old Luis Machado, adding that he had disgraced himself for his troubles, WTVJ reported.
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Machado admitted the wallet wasn’t his, but denied breaking into Vargas’ car, according to a police report, WFOR reported.
“He admitted that he had some of the victim’s property, but then claimed he had no idea how it came to be his,” said Chiara Delva of the Miami Police Department. It was a clearly contradictory and nonsensical statement,” Chiara Delva of the Miami Police Department added to WFOR.
Machado is accused of breaking Vargas’ car window and stealing her bag and wallet while she was at work, and is charged with robbery, criminal mischief and petty theft, according to the arrest report. added.
According to WFOR, the other driver’s vehicle was also severely damaged in the crash. However, no serious injuries were reported, WTVJ said, adding that Vargas was ticketed for the incident.
Vargas told WTVJ: “I just want to say I’m sorry to the person I bumped into. She gave me a hug. She was so sweet. I just want to say I’m sorry to her.” Ta.
Vargas told investigators he was so focused on chasing the suspected thief that he crashed into an oncoming vehicle, WTVJ reported.
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Vargas added to WTVJ that he doesn’t care about the money in his wallet. In fact, there was something irreplaceable inside the wallet. What she was literally going to fight against: “I had a picture of her mother in my wallet, and her mother passed away eight years ago.”
Image source: YouTube screenshot
“So, that was a sentimental value for me that needed to be restored,” she added to WTVJ. “So I did it.”
Vargas also told WTVJ that he had “too much adrenaline in me to think about the consequences.”
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