Florida dump truck drivers charged for theft of ‘multiple, 22-ton loads of crushed limestone’

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) has issued multiple charges against a pair of dump truck drivers for allegedly stealing multiple loads of limestone bound for a construction site.

On October 14, dump truck driver Frank Quintana Marcos, 48, of Miami, Florida, was arrested and charged with multiple counts of cargo theft, grand theft, and scheme to defraud, according to MCSO.

An arrest warrant has been issued for codefendant Manuel Antonio Periera Clara, 35, of Hialeah, Florida, on similar charges.

MCSO accused the two dump truck drivers of “failing to deliver multiple, 22-ton loads of crushed limestone worth thousands of dollars to a construction project at the Florida Keys Marathon International Airport.”

“Evidence collected by Sheriff’s Office Detectives showed Quintana Marcos and Periera Clara failed to deliver multiple loads of the limerock beginning in June 2025 through August 2025 to a company doing the work at the airport. The total loss to the company was more than $10,000. Both truck drivers intentionally diverted loads and falsified records to conceal failure to deliver despite receiving payment,” MCSO said.

Anyone who has information on the location of Periera Clara is asked to call MCSO’s Criminal Investigations Unit in Marathon at 305-289-2430.