A thief placed his hands inside jars of pickled food, deeming the items unsellable, at a Chevron gas station in the 20000 block of Northwe... st 27th Avenue about 10 p.m. March 28. Police arrested the thief after he ate some of the items. Police had banned the man from the store because of previous incidences. Damage is estimated at $48.

Martin James Malone wasn’t nabbed by accident, says a man who hired him for a construction job. The local cops were tailing him, poss... ibly tipped by his common-law wife, he says.

Thieves stole a purse, credit cards and gift cards from a 2009 black Mazda parked at a gas station in the 4100 block of Northwest 183rd St... reet between 2 and 2:30 p.m. March 23. The victim left her doors unlocked before paying for gas. The stolen items were valued at $586.

A thief stole a package from Amazon.com that contained a Cartier watch valued at $6,469 from the front door of a residence in the 6900 blo... ck of Crowngate Drive about 6:30 p.m. March 15.

Four people died in a fiery crash on the Gratigny Expressway in Miami-Dade County early Sunday, according to Florida Highway Patrol spokesma... n Joe Sanchez.