Video shows a barefoot thief sweeping away a dog’s ashes from his Miami home

MIAMI – A barefoot intruder was caught on camera scaling a balcony and broke into a Miami home early Mondaystealing two wooden coffins – one containing the ashes of a beloved dog named Charlie.

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“A home should be a place where you know you are safe. It’s your domain,” says Michael Ramirez, the homeowner and owner of a local record store.

The incident happened around 3 a.m. while Ramirez was sleeping.

Surveillance footage obtained by Local 10 News on Friday shows the thief climbing onto the balcony and breaking in.

“That’s what you see: someone breaking into a home,” Ramirez said.

The burglar took two boxes from Ramirez’s room. While one was empty, the other held Charlie’s ashes.

“I’m not sure if they thought there was jewelry in there,” Ramirez said. “But what they took was irreplaceable.”

Ramirez described the crime as foolish and senseless.

“To jump onto a railing, to pull yourself onto a balcony, to risk breaking into someone’s house – to risk being shot or to get into a fight just to get charged but to take something of personal value with you, that is irreplaceable. it doesn’t make sense,” Ramirez said. “I would really like to get my dog’s remains back with that box.”

Offering a $1,000 cash reward, Ramirez told Local 10 News last week, “I just want my dog’s remains back.”

Anyone with information about the case is urged to call Miami police or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.