He stole a red bicycle from a house, police said, and rode around looking for unlocked cars.
While his sister’s boyfriend waited for a tow truck to arrive, Banegas began wandering the neighborhood. He had been released from jail 30 days earlier.Īccording to the arrest warrant, Banegas was riding home in his sister’s boyfriend’s Jeep when the car broke down at the Emerald Hills country club. Police said that the young man was Jason Banegas, a Miami teenager with a lengthy criminal history who matched the description of the suspect. Neighbors reported a young man riding a red bicycle and pulling on car door handles.
17 when he responded to calls of a suspicious person in Emerald Hills late at night. “In the short four and a half years he was with our police department family, he had such a positive impact, and he loved life and he lived it to the fullest,” said Hollywood Police Chief Chris O’Brien during the vigil.Ĭhirino was an hour into his shift on Oct. His friends, family and colleagues remembered Chirino as a fun-loving spirit and hardworking officer. He loved playing soccer, traveling and posting videos about his adventures on Youtube. He earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Florida International University and began working at the Hollywood Police Department in 2017. citizen at 10-years-old, according to an official GoFundMe page to pay for funeral expenses. Chirino, 28, was born in Havana, Cuba, and migrated to Miami with his parents as a child.
