MIAMI (WSVN) - Over the weekend, city hall received an unexpected visitor.
When members of the staff and commissioners arrived Monday morning, they found that someone had broken into the building.
The only office affected belonged to commissioner Manolo Reyes, and it had been ransacked. Drawers were dumped and picture frames were toppled.
Reyes told 7News he spoke to police chief Manny Morales and we will see images of the damages inside his office Tuesday.
“Definitely somebody that didn’t belong in my office was there. My office was in total disarray,” said Reyes.
7News cameras captured Reyes at the scene working with police and K-9s as they searched city hall for clues, trying to figure out who did it and why.
“It happened to a city official, which is why our detectives are not taking this case lightly at all,” said Miami Police Officer Kiara Delva.
According to Miami Police, it happened sometime over the weekend.
Miami City Hall was open for early voting on Saturday from 8 to 4 p.m. No word on whether it might have happened during that time or if someone broke into the building while it was locked.
“Let me tell you, if someone tries to scare me, they are losing their time,” said Reyes.
It remains unclear if anything was taken from his office.
“Our detectives are going to continue to work around the clock, so they can locate the person or persons responsible,” said Delva.
“If they were looking for something, the only thing they have to do is ask. My life is an open book. I have nothing to hide,” said Reyes.
Investigators are now looking through surveillance video to see if the cameras caught anything.
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