MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Police have arrested a 19-year-old after a carjacking took place in Miami Beach.
Investigators said there was a robbery, a carjacking and a fatal crash that all point back to 19-year-old Edward Vincent Milo.
Milo was arrested in the overnight hours of Tuesday and was charged with robbery carjacking, but additional charges are expected to be filed.
“I haven’t even gone 10 meters. He came on top of me and started punching me,” said Liudmila Valladares.
Valladares, a Miami Beach Uber driver, was beaten and robbed, left with bad memories, a black eye, bumps and bruises after what happened Monday afternoon.
It began at around 4:30 p.m. at Mount Sinai Medical Center, when the 44-year-old ride-hailing driver took a man to pick up his friend, but when that friend, identified as Milo, got in the SUV, things turned violent.
“He was sitting behind me, and he stood up in between both seats and started punching me in the face,” Valladares said.
She said Milo pushed her out of the vehicle, and the other passenger bailed, as well.
Milo took off. The SUV was later found abandoned and banged up in the 1300 block of South Dixie Highway. He was arrested hours later.
Milo refused to appear in court Tuesday, but prosecutors argued he should be held without bond, as he is also suspected in a fatal hit-and-run that happened on the same day.
“He also made statements that he saw the motorcyclists, but she was in his way, so he ran her over,” said a prosecutor.
The judge denied him bond, but gave Milo another chance to appear on Wednesday.
“I’m very traumatized,” said Valladares.
Valladares said after two years on the job, she’s permanently pumping the brakes on working in the ride-hailing business. No more fares for her — ever.
“After that experience, I wouldn’t dare,” Valladares said.
Milo has been charged with robbery and carjacking, but more charges are likely to come from Florida Highway Patrol.
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