Overview
- Detectives say Heannys O. Alvarez Reyna took $1,574.86 in beef and lamb from Belle Terre Crossings Publix, then stole $2,084 in meats and personal care items at Island Walk less than 20 minutes later.
- Surveillance footage and vehicle identification linked the same suspect to both Palm Coast stores on January 5.
- When questioned, he told deputies he threw away most of the meat after arriving at his girlfriend’s home and finding another man there, according to the sheriff’s office.
- The 30-year-old Jacksonville resident was booked into the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility on felony retail theft, held on a $5,000 bond with an ICE detainer.
- Sheriff Rick Staly described the thefts as a calculated operation and used the case to warn would-be shoplifters.