MIAMI LAKES, FLA. (WSVN) - A Miami-Dade County employee has been arrested after he allegedly used an official departmental credit card to spend thousands of dollars on unauthorized purchases.
Police arrested 24-year-old Genesis Yunes-Brito at his Miami Lakes home on Friday after he allegedly spent a total of $3,150 while traveling across northern Florida and Georgia.
He worked as an employee for the Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department.
Yunes-Brito was arrested and charged with grand theft and official misconduct.
He was being held on $5,000 bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center but has since bonded out.
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