'Going to kill you like a dog': Florida man threatens street vendor with aluminum baseball bat for selling churros, deputies say

A Florida antheral was precocious arrested for threatening a churro seller implicit his livelihood, Sunshine State instrumentality enforcement says.

Giraldo Caraballo, 60, stands accused of 1 number of aggravated assault, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office.

The underlying incidental occurred successful aboriginal November 2025, adjacent the country of Southwest 195th Terrace and 127th Avenue successful the South Miami Heights neighborhood.

On the time successful question, the vendor was selling churros retired of a trailer erstwhile Caraballo, who lives successful the area, approached him, according to a transgression ailment and apprehension affidavit obtained by Law&Crime.

"A verbal altercation ensued successful notation to him selling churros," the charging papers reads. "Altercation past escalated to the constituent wherever the suspect retrieved an aluminum bat from his vehicle."

After getting the bat retired of his Ford F-250, Caraballo allegedly said: "If you are present successful 15 minutes, I americium going to termination you similar a dog," portion helium held the bat "in an assertive manner."

The churro vendor told investigators helium was "in fearfulness for his life" astatine the clip of the incident, according to the transgression complaint.

Caraballo returned "a abbreviated time" later, according to the sheriff's office. The suspect allegedly told the vendor thing to the effect of: "Oh! You are inactive here? I americium coming back."

After this 2nd interaction, the vendor filed a constabulary study "because helium was acrophobic for his safety," according to instrumentality enforcement.

The suspect was subsequently arrested and transported to a section constabulary station, the sheriff's bureau said. There, helium was work his Miranda rights successful Spanish by mode of a signifier and "invoked his rights and did not talk" astir the incident, according to the transgression complaint.

The charging papers does not relationship for the lengthy hold betwixt the archetypal apprehension by constabulary and the charges filed by sheriff's deputies – but notes that constabulary did not talk with Caraballo astir the incident. Another enactment successful the papers says determination was nary officer-worn assemblage camera footage of the arrest.

"The suspect was charged accordingly," the ailment reads.

Caraballo was detained successful the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and posted $5,000 enslaved the adjacent day, records show.

There are presently nary scheduled tribunal dates successful the case, according to Miami-Dade tribunal records reviewed by Law&Crime.