EL PORTAL, FLA. (WSVN) - Police have arrested a man following a home burglary in El Portal.
According to the arrest report, El Portal Police officers were patrolling the area near Northeast 86th Street and North Miami Avenue overnight Monday.
At around 2:30 a.m., a man was seen walking around a home that had been burglarized in the past.
Officers detained the man, later identified as 59-year-old Victor Washington, due to the curfew in effect for Miami-Dade County and questioned him as to why he was there.
Washington was searched, and a screwdriver was found in his backpack, according to the arrest report.
Police said surveillance video from a burglary at the same property on Wednesday showed Washington opening the garage door and stealing property valued at $1,315.
He was taken into custody and now faces multiple charges.
Washington is currently being held on $18,100 bond.
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