SWEETWATER, FLA. (WSVN) - A foreign gang member was caught and arrested in South Florida.
Police arrested a man after, they said, stole more than a thousand dollars of merchandise at the Dolphin Mall, Friday night.
Police said Abraham Mavo-Bracho stole the merchandise from the Nike store.
When police tried to arrest Mavo-Bracho, he assaulted an officer as he resisted arrest.
He was later charged with grand theft, resisting arrest and battery on a police officer.
Officers said he has a tattoo showing his affiliation with a gang in Venezuela and is a fugitive wanted in Chicago.
Mavo-Bracho was awaiting an immigration trial but cut off his ankle monitor and fled to South Florida.
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