Nearly a year after a clerk was marched at gunpoint to the back of a Gladeview smoke shop, Miami-Dade detectives say they have a third suspect in custody.
The latest arrest, made Thursday, is tied to an armed holdup on July 6, 2025, at a neighborhood store in northwest Miami-Dade. Investigators say that robbery ended with a terrified employee forced into a back room while the shop was cleaned out at gunpoint.
Latest arrest
Detectives on Thursday took a third person into custody in connection with the case, according to WPLG Local 10. The station reports that law enforcement has not released the suspect’s name or public booking details, citing the ongoing investigation.
For now, that leaves the newest suspect in a kind of legal limbo: under arrest, but officially unnamed.
What detectives say about the July 2025 robbery
Investigators have previously tied the case to a July 6, 2025, armed robbery at General Smoke Shop in Gladeview, at 2975 NW 62nd St. Booking records and police reports from that period show that two 18-year-olds, Malik Jacari Crossley and Corey Lanard Hayes Jr., were arrested in August 2025 on armed-robbery charges.
"Video surveillance from the store captured the robbery, and authorities were notified shortly afterward," according to WPLG Local 10. That footage, investigators have indicated, has been central to piecing together who did what inside the shop that night.
A wider pattern of hits on smoke shops
The General Smoke Shop case has been unfolding against a broader backdrop of trouble for smoke shop owners across Miami. Earlier this year, several stores reported thefts and break-ins that hit small retailers selling vape and CBD products.
As a string of burglaries hit Miami smoke shops in January, those incidents left shop owners on edge and authorities fielding a steady stream of calls from rattled businesses.
Where suspects have been held
Public records tied to the earlier arrests of Crossley and Hayes show that both were booked into the county jail. Miami-Dade’s Corrections information notes that the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center (TGK) at 7000 NW 41st Street is the county processing center where arrested people are taken for intake.
It is the same facility where many high-profile arrestees make their first stop on the way into the local jail system.
How to tip investigators
Investigators are still looking to fill in the gaps around the July 2025 holdup. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Miami-Dade at 305-471-TIPS (8477). Tips can be submitted anonymously and callers may be eligible for a reward, according to the program’s website.
For people in the neighborhood who watched this case unfold from the sidewalk or the parking lot, that hotline may be the easiest way to share what they saw without putting their name on the record.
Legal stakes
Under Florida law, robbery in which the offender "carried a firearm or other deadly weapon" is a first-degree felony. The statute carries steep penalties, including lengthy prison terms in aggravated cases.
For a breakdown of how the crime is defined and the potential sentencing range, see the Florida Legislature’s code on robbery.
