Miami, FL
Man took woman’s purse at gunpoint outside Miami hotel, then got gas on her dime, cops say
MIAMI – “Let it go, b—-.”
Those were the words Miami police said a 33-year-old woman heard as a man ran up to her, aimed a gun and snatched her purse as she walked in a parking lot in February.
Police said the accused robber was arrested a few days later following a pursuit and car crash in Broward County after cops spotted him in a McDonald’s drive-thru. He was brought south to Miami-Dade on Tuesday to face two charges.
D Cedrick Sconyers, 26, of Fort Lauderdale, targeted the woman on Feb. 12 as she was outside the Up Midtown Hotel at 3530 Biscayne Blvd., according to an arrest warrant from the Miami Police Department.
The warrant states the woman “feared for her life” as she surrendered the purse. A bystander heard her screams and tried to help but was then “struck in the back of the head” as he walked towards her, police said.
Police said Sconyers got into an awaiting black sedan and took off.
She received a fraud alert on her cellphone sometime afterward stating that her card was used at the Wawa at 13 S. State Road 7 in Plantation. CCTV footage, police said, showed Sconyers and two other unidentified people getting out of a 2018 Honda Accord at the gas station. Sconyers used her card to purchase gas, authorities said.
Authorities said license plate reader data identified the exact vehicle involved and on Feb. 18, it hit in Fort Lauderdale.
Officers from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department spotted Sconyers in the drive-thru of the McDonald’s at 2300 W. Sunrise Blvd. just after 10 p.m. that night, an FLPD arrest report states.
Authorities said they tried to immobilize the vehicle before he left the restaurant, but he noticed police, reversed over a median and took off.
Police said they attempted a PIT maneuver near I-95 but Sconyers corrected and drove into oncoming traffic, crashing soon after.
The FLPD arrest report states that Sconyers then got out of the sedan and ran towards a silver Ford Mustang in traffic and pulled on the door handle “in a blatant attempt to forcefully enter the vehicle.”
Police said he was unsuccessful and ran into traffic before officers caught up to him and took him into custody on Broward charges of aggravated fleeing and eluding and resisting arrest. He was taken to Broward Health Medical Center for treatment after the crash.
An MPD detective drove north to the hospital to question him, where he made a statement redacted from the arrest warrant.
Sconyers now faces charges of armed robbery and credit card fraud in Miami-Dade.
As of Wednesday afternoon, he was being held without bond in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, jail records show.
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Mississippi football’s Nick Cull avoided an ejection during the College Football Playoff Fiesta Bowl semifinal on Thursday, Jan. 8.
As Malachi Toney reeled in a catch from Carson Beck at the Miami 49 in the first quarter, he was hit by Cull in a helmet-to-helmet collision. Right away, the officials flagged Cull for targeting, with both Toney and Cull staying down on the field with an injury.
After officials reviewed the play, the call on the field was overturned, as the officials determined that Cull did not launch and the collision seemed to be incidental. Replay assistant Matt Austin concurred with the call on the field.
The play had a major impact on the game as well. If the call had been upheld, Miami would have had the ball at the Ole Miss 34-yard line with a chance to expand its 3-0 lead. However, a few plays later, the Hurricanes were forced to punt from the 49-yard line.
On the first play of the second quarter, Ole Miss running back Kewan Lacey scored on a 73-yard run to give the Rebels a 7-3 lead.
Because he was not called for targeting, Cull was not ejected from the game, which means Ole Miss will have him for the remainder of the game, if he can clear the concussion protocol. He was in the tent following the play.
Cull has 15 total tackles and three pass deflections this season for the Rebels.
Meanwhile, Toney went to the medical tent briefly for the Hurricanes, but returned to the game.
A crash involving an unmarked Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office vehicle was reported in Northwest Miami-Dade on Thursday morning, and the morning commute was impacted as a result.
Few details have been released, but the crash was reported in the area of Northwest 79th street and Interstate 95.
Video from the scene showed that the vehicles had heavy damage.
The sheriff’s office said the crash also involved a civilian vehicle, and no injuries were reported.
No other information was released.
The Minnesota Timberwolves announced that guard Anthony Edwards is now available to play in Tuesday night’s game against the Miami Heat after originally being listed as questionable with right foot injury maintenance.
Here’s the rest of the injury report and game preview:
INJURY REPORT
HEAT
Tyler Herro: Available – Toe
Jaime Jaquez Jr.: Out – Ankle
Nikola Jovic: Available – Groin
Terry Rozier: Out – Not with team
TIMBERWOLVES
Anthony Edwards: Available – Foot
Terrence Shannon Jr.: Out – Foot
Joan Beringer: Out – G League
Game date, time and location: Tuesday, Jan. 6, 8:00 p.m. EST, Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
TV: TV: Peacock,
Radio: 104.3 FM (Miami/Ft. Lauderdale), ESPN 106.3 FM, (West Palm Beach), FOX Sports Radio 105.9 FM (Ft. Myers/Naples), 1450 AM (Suart), 97.7 FM (Florida Keys), WAQI 710 AM (Spanish-language broadcast, South Florida) 100.3 FM (Minnesota)
VITALS: The Miami Heat (20-16) and Minnesota Timberwolves (23-13) meet for the second and final regular season matchup after just facing off three days ago with Minnesota recording a, 125-115, win in Miami on January 3. The teams split the series, 1-1, last season with each squad winning on the road. The Heat are 36-35 all-time versus Minnesota during the regular season,
including 19-16 in home games and 17-19 in road games.
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
G Davion Mitchell
G Tyler Herro
C Bam Adebayo
F Norman Powell
F Andrew Wiggins
TIMBERWOLVES
G Donte DiVincenzo
G Anthony Edwards
C Rudy Gobert
F Jaden McDaniels
F Julius Randle
Spread: Heat +5.5 (-112), Timberwolves -5.5 (-108)
Moneyline: Heat +166, Timberwolves -198
Total points scored: 239.5 (over -106, under -114)
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Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra on the forced turnovers: “That is and has to be our identity. We have to play with a recklessness and activity level that exceeds our opponent, and thats not to put down our talent level or anything like that, it’s more about we look different when we’re flying around and making plays and making it tough for the opponent.”
For more Miami Heat information and conversation, check out Off The Floor.
Alexander Toledo is a contributor to Miami Heat On SI and producer/co-host of the Five on the Floor podcast, covering the Heat and NBA. He can be reached at Twitter: @tropicalblanket
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