A robber tried to disguise himself by wearing a box on his head, only to reveal himself to a security camera as he pulled it up to get a better look at the loot.
The thief initially managed to get away with 19 iPhones and $8,000 in cash after raiding the phone repair store in Miami last month.
CCTV footage showed him with a white box over his head as he tried to smash open a glass cabinet.
But the raider gave himself away by lifting the box to get a clearer look at the phones he wanted to take.
A man was arrested Saturday after a bizarre robbery at a phone repair store in Miami Gardens where he was caught on camera stealing merchandise while wearing a cardboard box on his head. Watch the video here. https://t.co/qGnqrgFNye
— NBC 6 South Florida (@nbc6) June 4, 2023
After collecting the footage, the store’s owner found the thief hours later drinking at a liquor store and called the police, who arrested the man.
The owner of Irepair Tech shared footage with NBC 6 of the break-in carried out around 4am on Saturday, May 3.
Authorities have not released the suspect’s name or more information about the robbery.
