NewzThe disappearance of a trading card depicting NBA Rookie of the Year Cooper Flagg led staff members at a Deerfield Beach shop to discover that one of their colleagues had been swiping rare and pricey sports cards, including those showing Lionel Messi and Caitlin Clark, deputies said.Maximo Viani Otoni, 22, of Coconut Creek, was arrested on a grand theft charge on Thursday.According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, a collector had bought the Cooper Flagg card, valued at $3,500, from the store VIP Rips and requested expedited shipping.But staff at the shop, located at 1245 S. A BSO arrest report states that through surveillance video, they found that Otoni was the last person to handle it.Deputies said Otoni admitted to taking the card during a phone call and staffers found it in his mailbox. They said he then admitted he had three other trading cards: two Lionel Messi cards valued at $2,200 and $70, respectively, and a Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo autographed card valued at up to $2,000.BSO investigators would eventually go to Otoni’s home, where they said he admitted to having six more trading cards, including another Flagg card worth about $2,200, an autographed Caitlin Clark card worth about $1,500 and a Dirk Nowitzki card worth about $2,200.They said the 10 cards Otoni stole were valued at up to $17,220.As of Friday morning, Otoni was being held in the BSO Main Jail.
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Fort Lauderdale police said the pedestrian, who has not been identified at this time, was pronounced dead at the scene, and the train remains stopped on the tracks as police conduct an investigation.Thet said the crash completely blocked several roads at the FEC tracks, including Flagler Drive at Andrews Avenue, Sunrise Boulevard and Northeast 13th Street.Motorists are being urged to avoid the area and use Broward Boulevard to the south or Oakland Park Boulevard to the north as alternate routes.Sky 10 flew over the scene around 10:26 a.m. and saw Fort Lauderdale police at the scene, crime scene tape surrounding the area and a long freight train stopped across several streets. A body was covered by a yellow tarp near the tracks.The roads will remain closed while the investigation continues.
Police said an update will be provided when the roadways reopen. Hialeah police said Friday that they are looking for a missing senior.Manuel Aguilera, 82, was last seen at around 10 a.m. Wednesday at his home in the 600 block of West 88th Street, authorities said.
“He was last seen wearing a white dress shirt, red and black pants, white dress shoes, and a blue face mask with black dots,” police said.Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call the Hialeah Police Department at 305-687-2525. A pedestrian died Thursday night after being struck by a bus in Miami Beach, authorities confirmed.According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at about 7:20 p.m. along the eastbound lanes of Interstate 195 near Alton Road.Troopers said the victim walked into the roadway and was struck by an oncoming bus.The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to troopers, the roadway was closed during the preliminary investigation, but all lanes have since reopened.
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