Police arrest alleged Miami Beach armed robbers after social media post
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) – Police have arrested three people allegedly involved in a Miami Beach robbery after one person posted about the crime on social media.
In one post on Instagram, a woman could be seen pointing a gun towards a cellphone camera.
“We pieced together everything — surveillance camera, license plate reader technology, the use of social media, Instagram in this case, and it led to this arrest,” Miami Beach Police spokesperson Ernesto Rodriguez said.
Gustavo Arcus, 21, 19-year-old Dillon Benedetti and 16-year-old Aisha del Cane are accused of holding two women at gunpoint and robbing them.
“Then, bragging about it on social media,” Rodriguez said.
Police said the crime happened in the parking lot of South Pointe Park just before midnight on Sunday, when the victims had just walked back to their car.
“There’s no reason for us to believe they knew each other,” Rodriguez said. “It really boils down to being at the wrong place at the wrong…