Edel Perez Arrested For Stealing 400 Pounds Of Avocados

You'd think a black Mercedes-Benz creeping through a dark Florida grove at 2:30 a.m. would be subtle, but for Miami-Dade deputies, it was a glowing neon sign. Last December, a bizarre agricultural crime made national waves when 29-year-old Edel Perez arrested for stealing 400 pounds of avocados in a desperate attempt to fund his family's Christmas. It wasn't a professional heist or a calculated black-market operation; it was a father allegedly cutting through a fence and stuffing a luxury sedan with nearly $800 worth of green fruit. People aren't just curious about the sheer volume of produce involved, but also about how