Coral Gables Historical Archive

The Times

Saturday, September 25, 1976, page 2 (of 26)

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Police blotter

South Dade Robert Sirull, 53, who lives at 7301 SW 166th St., reported to police that someone broke into his van Tuesday or Wednesday, Sept. 21 or 22, and stole a window and a door. Police said they found a three-pronged garden tool nearby, and believe the thief used it to pry the parts loose. Deborah Alexander, 23, who lives at 10990 SW 233rd St., reported to police that someone broke into her home between 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, and made off with a load of her clothes. Joe Russ, 41, who lives at 13006 SW 87th Ave., complained to police that someone broke into his car Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 10:30 a.m. and stole his CB radio. Rosemary Mingrone, 35, reported to police that someone broke into her home at 7828 SW 90th St., Tuesday, Sept. 14, between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m. and stole a radio, a pair of binoculars, a watch, a music box, an antique wooden stand and a telephone. Robbie Hickman, 35, reported to police that someone broke into his home at 9890 SW 140th St., Wednesday, Sept. 22, between 10 a.m. and 3:45 p.m., ransacked the house and refrigerator and made off with a tape recorder. The man who was fatally shot at a Latin baptismal cermony at Santa Barbara Ranch, 12450 SW 72nd St., Sunday, Sept. 19, at 6 p.m., has been identified as 47-year-old Raimudo Lois, who lived in Hialeah. The other men who were shot — Roberto Puig, 30, and Jose Garcia, 33 — are still receiving treatment at American Hospital. The body of a bikini-clad woman that was found floating in Black Creek Canal at SW 188th Street and 134th Avenue, Saturday, Sept. 18, at 9:30 a.m., has been identified as that of 24-year-old Florence Berman. Police said she lived at 420 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. A two-month old infant was found dead by its mother in South Dade Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 10:45 a.m. According to police Shendrecte Reid, 18, who lives at 10602 SW 178th St., fed her baby Tamera at 6:30 a.m. and put her to bed. When she went to check on her four hours later, the child was dead. Cause of death pending an autopsy, officers said. West Dade Dale Johnson, 23, who lives at 6258 SW 39th St., reported to police that someone broke into his home while he was out of town between March 11 and Sept. 22, and stole 150 record albums, worth some $750. Fred Miller, 35, complained that someone broke into his home at 10740 SW 55th Terr., Saturday or Sunday, Sept. 18 or 19, and stole a vase and $69 in case. Police said the thief apparently walked in through an unlocked door. Isolina Garcia, 47, reported that someone broke into her home at 910 SW 71st Ave., Thursday, Sept. 16, and stole a watch and four rings: one emerald, one gold, one diauond and one pearl. Police said the total value of the theft is $12,075. Coral Gables Dwight W. Eggleston, 61, of 1226 Palermo Ave., reported to police on Wednesday, Sept. 22, that a dog was trapped in a vent window in the rear garage of his house. Officer Gazboda freed the dog by breaking two pieces of the vent window. The dog was then returned to its owner, J. Sherry, at 1219 Catalonia Ave. Ray B. Bellamy, 27, an employe at the Student Union of the University of Miami reported to police on Tuesday, Sept. 12 that between Monday, Sept 20 at 5 p.m. and Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 11:30 a.m., someone stole 65 rolls of film which were in an unlocked file cabinet. Joseph E. Dees, 16, of 2692 SW 32nd Ave, reported to police on Monday, Sept. 20 that someone took the front left and rear left hubcaps from his 1976 Ford Gran Torino while parked in the student parking lot of Coral Gables High School, 450 Bird Rd. R.O. Hazen, of 4665 Ponce de Leon Blvd., reported to police on Tuesday, Sept. 21, that the hubcaps to his 1976 Cadillac Seville were stolen between 12:45 p.m. and 1:15 p.m. that day. Stanly Zeskind, 49, of 1002 Alfonso, reported to police on Tuesday, Sept. 21 that between 4:20 p.m. and 8 p.m. someone removed all four standard El Dorado hubcaps from his 1976 Cadillac. Walter Kuc, 65, of 547 Alcazar Ave., reported to police on Wednesday, Sept. 22 that his electric grinder was stolen. Kuc said the grinder was custom built by himself and was valued at $140. Deborah A. Bregman, 19, a student at the University of Miami, c omplained to police on Thursday, Sept. 16, that four hubcaps were removed from her Ford Mustang II.

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