Man arrested in stolen reel case

A 42-year-old Miami man was arrested Monday following an investigation between the Sheriff’s Office, the Miami-Dade Police Department and La Marque Texas Police Department.

Duglas Faife was arrested in Miami on charges of grand theft and dealing in stolen property.

The case began on Feb. 3, 2022 in Monroe County when a Key Largo resident brought a Lindgren-Pitman LP S2-1200 electric fishing reel into the Sheriff’s Office Substation on High Point Road. The resident said he bought the reel for $3,800 from a seller using the OfferUp app. He said he met the seller in a Miami parking lot for the purchase and brought it home. The victim then contacted the manufacturer to put the reel’s serial number in his name when they notified him the reel had been stolen out of La Marque, Texas.

La Marque, Texas Police informed Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Detective Ian Barnett they were notified in January of a reel purchased over the phone with a stolen credit card from a local vendor. At the time, the transaction was processed without incident, and an unknown person picked up the reel.

Detective Barnett then informed Miami-Dade Police of the case and that a second buy from the suspect was possible. Miami-Dade Police then set up an undercover buy on Feb. 7 at another parking lot in Miami.

Faife was taken into custody following the undercover buy operation.

The case would not have been possible without our law enforcement partners in Miami and the assistance of the La Marque Texas Police Department.

The stolen reel has a retail price of approximately $5,500. The Sheriff’s Office reminds residents that if a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

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Woman arrested for pushing another woman out of moving vehicle

A 59-year-old Islamorada woman was arrested Thursday for pushing another woman out of a moving pickup truck.

Rita Donna Price was charged with battery.

Sgt. Gregg Johnson and Deputy Nestor Argote responded to the area of Mile Marker 90 at approximately 2 p.m. after a motorist witnessed a woman fall out of a truck.

The 56-year-old victim told Sgt. Johnson and Deputy Argote she was arguing with her sister, Price, and asked Price to stop so she could exit the Toyota Tacoma. The victim stated Price slowed the vehicle, punched her in the face, and pushed her out of the still-moving vehicle. Staff at Mariners Hospital stated the cuts and bruises on the victim were consistent with falling from a moving vehicle.

The witness corroborated the victim’s version of events.

Deputy Martin Digrius located Price at her residence.

Price was taken to jail.

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