Florida suspect arrested for allegedly stealing $1K worth of lobsters from Miami restaurant

Florida police arrested a suspect who allegedly stole at the least $1,000 value of lobster from a Miami eatery final month.

Joseph Paul Putzulu, 55, was charged with two felony counts of housebreaking of an unoccupied construction and one rely of third-degree grand theft.

He was arrested by officers on Saturday.

Putzulu was out of felony bond when he was taken into custody, based on on-line information.

He was beforehand charged with trespassing and possession of cocaine.

The investigation started when the Miami Police Division responded to a name from a enterprise proprietor on July 26.

The proprietor observed that his restaurant’s meals freezer was open, based on an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox Information Digital.

The enterprise proprietor reviewed video surveillance and noticed that the suspect was the identical man who stole a number of packs of lobsters from the restaurant on July 23.

Surveillance video from the July 23 allegedly reveals Putzulu loading the lobster packs right into a rubbish bin.

He then threw the rubbish bin and a hand truck over the fence and fled.

The suspect was seen throwing meals within the July 26 video footage as effectively.

The proprietor stated that the stolen lobsters have been value over $1,000. 

“The defendant is seen throwing what seems to be packs of meals over the rear gated fence,” the arrest affidavit learn. “At roughly 2:51 a.m., the suspect is seen utilizing a black cart to help him to climb again over the gated fence to depart. The defendant is then seen loading the packets of meals into the pink procuring cart and leaving the realm.”

Putzulu was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Heart after his interview with detectives.