MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — A Florida man donned a unique disguise to burglarize a Miami Gardens supermarket.
Claude Vincent Griffin Jr., 33, was caught on surveillance cameras haphazardly wearing a cardboard box as a mask when breaking into a glass display containing iPhones. Police allege that Griffin stole over $30,000 worth of merchandise, according to an arrest affidavit.
Police allege that Griffin entered the supermarket unmasked through a rear door typically used to access product storage. The store's security alarm, which was functional at the time of the incidents, according to police, did not go off at any time over the three incidents. Captured on surveillance camera, the box-wearing bandit used a blunt object to break into a glass display case. Wearing a pair of allegedly stolen gloves to avoid the shards of glass in the display case, Griffin can be seen putting multiple iPhones into his backpack, one of which police allege he was carrying at the time of his arrest.
"I had a laugh on my face [when I saw the video]," kiosk owner Jeremias Berganza told ABC affiliate WPLG. Police estimate the total value of the stolen merchandise as over $30,000, along with over two thousand dollars worth of vandalism damage.
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