A Hialeah woman has been arrested in connection with the theft of multiple packages taken from a residential porch just days before Christmas, police said.
According to an arrest report, Thalia Fernandez, 24, of Hialeah, was taken into custody Thursday, several weeks after the alleged theft on December 16 at a home on East 43rd Street.
Police said surveillance video shows Fernandez parking her car in the driveway that afternoon. She then opened the front gate, walked onto the porch, and took four packages that had been delivered to the residence.
Investigators said the items inside the packages were valued at almost $500 total.
The homeowner told police he was in his backyard when the theft occurred and only realized the packages were missing when his son returned home less than an hour later.
Police circulated a “need to identify” flyer to officers by email, which led to Fernandez being located and arrested Thursday.
She now faces a charge of burglary of an occupied dwelling.
As of Friday morning, Fernandez was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on $5,000 bond.