HIALEAH, FLA. (WSVN) - Surveillance video captured a thief targeting parents, as they dropped off their children at the Kids Playhouse Learning Center in Hialeah.

The theft happened at the daycare on July 18.

Hialeah Police arrested 32-year-old, Michael Celestin who faced a judge on July 22.

Police said Celestin swiped a woman’s purse out of her car and then used her credit cards at a supermarket.

Later he crashed into another car and nearly hit a couple of pedestrians as he pulled away.

Celestin is charged with multiple counts, including burglary and is accused of committing several similar burglaries at other locations in both Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

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