Freightliner loaded with $100k in assorted poultry stolen from rural home

A man was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly stole a tractor trailer loaded with assorted frozen poultry from a rural home in Florida. 

49-year-old Raul Bello was arrested on October 2nd in Miami-Dade County, Florida after reportedly stealing the tractor trailer early on September 15th  in the area of Old State Road 9 and Northwest 155th Lane.

According to Local 10, the victim parked his loaded tractor trailer on a piece of land near his home on the evening of September 14th. By about 2 a.m. on September 15th, his sister noticed the rig was gone, and called the owner to see if he had left yet. When the owner realized his semi truck was gone, he contacted police. 

The license plate on the tractor trailer was then picked up by license plate readers in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 near the Golden Glades Interchange, along with a white Nissan car driving right behind it. The Nissan was then spotted on September 17th at an apartment complex on West Flagler Street. 

Officers were able to obtain cell phone records from Bello that showed he and on other unnamed co-defender had communicated about the theft before, during, and after the crime. Bello was arrested on Tuesday on charges of grand theft of cargo, grand theft of a vehicle and unlawful use of a communications device.

Prior to his most recent arrest, Bello was placed on probation for charges related to burglary, assault, and posession of illegal weapons. As of Thursday morning, he was being held at the Metrowest Detention Center without bond.