Surveillance video shows a man using a hammer to smash slot machines at a Hialeah business during an incident that led to his arrest.
Juan Emilio Rodriguez, 35, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of armed criminal mischief in the incident that happened back in November at a business in the 4400 block of Palm Avenue, an arrest report said.
Miami-Dade Corrections
Miami-Dade Corrections Juan Emilio Rodriguez
Surveillance footage showed Rodriguez approaching the slot machines armed with a hammer as customers use two of them.
A man is seen trying to stop him but he smashed three of the machines and took cash from inside, police said.
Rodriguez stole around $9,000 from inside the machine and later returned the cash but refused to pay for the damages, estimated to be around $14,000, the report said.
Rodriguez, of Homestead, was arrested and booked into jail.
