Miramar police stop suspect linked to 19 vehicle burglaries
A license plate reader in Miramar set off a police response that ended with a suspect tied to 19 attempted car burglaries and a stolen Ford F-150.
Miramar police stopped a suspect near South University Drive and Riviera Boulevard after a license plate reader flagged a Ford F-150 reported stolen in Miami Gardens, then linked him to 19 attempted vehicle burglaries across Broward County. Officers said the case unfolded as a fast-moving residential crime pattern, with attempted break-ins spotted along Granada Boulevard before the suspect was detained in a traffic stop.
Police said the search began when officers moved into the area after the stolen-truck alert and watched for activity in nearby neighborhoods. A Broward Sheriff’s Office aviation unit helped track the suspect as he moved through the area, and officers said a sedan later picked him up before police stopped that vehicle. Inside, investigators recovered burglary tools, a weapon and the keys to the stolen F-150.
No suspect name had been released as investigators continued working to identify additional victims. Miramar police said the department’s Criminal Investigations Division Property Crimes Unit handles burglary, theft, auto theft, vandalism, harassing calls, arson and fraud, the unit likely to keep sorting through reports tied to the case.
The arrest comes in a city that sits at the center of western Broward’s growth and traffic flow. Miramar was incorporated on May 26, 1955, and had a 2020 census population of 134,721, making it the fourth-largest city in Broward County, according to the city’s 2024 annual report.
For Broward drivers, the details matter because the case shows how quickly a stolen vehicle can be used as cover for a wider wave of car break-ins in quiet neighborhoods. Police used a license plate reader, an aerial unit and a traffic stop to shut the spree down before it spread farther through Miramar.
Broward authorities have faced similar vehicle-burglary patterns before. In one separate case in Coral Springs, deputies said 29 cars were targeted overall and video showed 13 cars with smashed windows in two neighborhoods, a reminder that these crimes often move in clusters rather than as isolated thefts.
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