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Miami Herald
28-05-2025
- Miami Herald
Amazon driver kept $45K in goods, dumped empty boxes in Kendall, Sheriff's Office says
If you were tracking your Amazon package and saw it circling a Kendall-area Lowe's parking lot before the signal dropped, it may have been traveling with a driver accused of stealing about $45,000 in Amazon goods. At 11 p.m. on May 2, Adrian Barrera, 32, an Amazon contractor, was arrested 'while illegally dumping cardboard boxes' at the Lowe's parking lot, 9191 SW 137 Ave., the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said. Detective M. Fernandez, part of the sheriff's office Illegal Dumping Unit, rolled up to the Amazon truck and found its back-bay door wide open. '[Barrera] offloaded empty cardboard boxes from a 26-foot truck and dumped them on the ground,' Fernandez said in Barrera's arrest report. 'The boxes were marked with Amazon labels and individually addressed to different customers.' Barerra told police he picked up 13 pallets of Amazon boxes on May 1, valued at approximately $45,000, from the MIA Amazon distribution center at 1900 NW 132 Place. He was to distribute the load to seven 'different Amazon locations through Miami-Dade and Monroe County,' his police report said. But instead of delivering the goods to the centers, Barrera went to the Lowe's parking lot, threw out the empty boxes and kept the merchandise, police said. Barerra said 'he was in the process of moving and needed the space in the truck for his furniture,' MDSO said. Barrera reportedly told police that he wasn't stealing 'because Amazon didn't track the inventory.' Yes, Amazon. The company that sends you 10 updates when your $5 phone charger blinks at a conveyor belt in Ohio. Zapata then searched the vehicle and found a green metal container in the front door side pocket holding a gram of crystal meth, the report said. Barrera was charged with grand theft cargo under $50K, possession of a controlled substance and violating Florida's Litter Law. Barrera was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and posted a $7,500 bond on May 7, according to the county courts database. He has pleaded not guilty, has a public defender, and will be arraigned on June 2 before Judge Tanya Brinkley.
See - Sada Elbalad
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
Christopher Landon Exited "Scream VII" after Receiving Death Threats Over Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega Exits
Yara Sameh "Scream 7" director Christopher Landon is opening up about what went down amid Melissa Barrera being fired from the film. The director officially announced his departure from the horror sequel in December 2023, about a month after Barerra was fired from the movie due to social media posts she wrote about Israel and Palestine. Jenna Ortega's exit from 'Scream 7' was announced the day after Barerra's firing. 'I got messages saying, 'I'm going to find your kids, and I'm going to kill them because you support child murder,'' Landon said in an interview with Vanity Fair about the death threats he received after Barerra was fired. 'The head of security at various studios and the FBI had to examine the threats. It was highly aggressive and really scary.' Landon said he was originally blamed online for Barerra's firing since he was the director attached to the entry, adding: 'I think in the absence of people understanding how Hollywood works and what the hierarchy is, the fans were like, 'That's the guy.' And so they came for me, knives out.' 'I did not fire her,' the director stressed. 'A lot of people think I had something to do with it, and it was not my doing. I had no control of the situation at all.' When Landon announced his exit in December 2023, he wrote on social media that getting 'Scream 7' was 'a dream job that turned into a nightmare.' He told Vanity Fair the death threats against him are why. 'I decided I didn't want to give any part of myself to that,' Landon said. 'For me, it was not worth it. I would rather put my efforts into something else, where I could feel appreciated and respected. The hate and abuse really spoiled it for me, and I lost my love for the idea of going forward.' He continued, 'In the midst of all the chaos, I was grieving the loss of one of my dream jobs.' Ortega said at the time of her exit that it was her 'shooting schedule' that was preventing her from starring in 'Scream 7,' but the actress told The Cut this month she left the film because of the fallout from Barrera's firing. 'The Melissa stuff was happening, and it was all kind of falling apart,' Ortega noted. 'If 'Scream 7' wasn't going to be with that team of directors and those people I fell in love with, then it didn't seem like the right move for me in my career at the time.' Speaking to Variety on his 'Drop' press tour, Landon said that 'When I signed on to the project, I was told [Ortega] was out. That was one of the first things they told me, right when I signed on. And I was like, 'Oh shit, really?' So that was a bit of a shock to me.' 'And so at that time we were figuring out, how do we make another movie without her? How do we manage that?' he continued. 'So that was old news to me from the go. It made a lot of sense what she said, because I do think that sometimes when you're an actor, it'd be like Jessica Rothe finding out that we're making a third ['Happy Death Day'], but I'm not directing it. I think we all get very attached to the people that we work with and that we sort of align ourselves with creatively. And when somebody new comes in, it's like, 'Who's this guy?' So I totally got that, 100%.' 'Scream 7' has moved on with Kevin Williamson, the franchise's original screenwriter, stepping in to direct. The movie will feature the return of franchise icon Neve Campbell. read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News Egypt confirms denial of airspace access to US B-52 bombers News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia Lifestyle Pistachio and Raspberry Cheesecake Domes Recipe News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Videos & Features Bouchra Dahlab Crowned Miss Arab World 2025 .. Reem Ganzoury Wins Miss Arab Africa Title (VIDEO) News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple Arts & Culture Arwa Gouda Gets Married (Photos)
