In September of 2015, Hialeah resident Roberto Morales Diaz
was confronted by sheriff's deputies as he burglarized multiple boats at Unique
Marine in Tavernier. An accomplice acting as a lookout was apprehended at the
scene. Diaz fled but was caught a short time later in Florida City and was
taken into custody.
This case wrapped up a lengthy multi-agency investigation of
marine thefts and burglaries which had been plaguing the Florida Keys for
months. Due to the large number of thefts county-wide, a task force had been
working on the cases, including participants from the Monroe County Sheriff’s
Office, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Department of Law
Enforcement, Florida Highway Patrol, Homeland Security, the State Attorney’s
Office and Customs and Border Protection. Key West Police lent resources to the
task force on several occasions.
Today, Diaz was sentenced at the Plantation Key Courthouse to 13 years in prison for his crimes followed by two years of probation.
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