Stolen Maserati Smashes North Miami Gate, Two Men Bolt on Foot

A white Maserati tore through the entrance gate of a North Miami apartment complex Sunday night, damaging several other vehicles before two men jumped out and ran off on foot, according to witnesses who watched the crash unfold near Northeast 135th Street on Biscayne Boulevard.

The crash happened at the Aliro Apartments, a gated high-rise community that advertises controlled entry access and nightly security patrols, according to the complex's own site. Neighbor Chris Vinas told NBC 6 South Florida that the Maserati ran a stop sign, attempted a left turn, and appeared to have no brakes before slamming into the gate. Vinas said he watched two men jump out of the car and run away.

Multiple people called 911 as the scene unfolded, and residents said the impact was severe enough to damage several parked cars beyond the gate itself. One woman told the outlet she was sitting on her balcony with her baby when the crash happened, and that her own car was among those hit.

Owner Says He Let the Men Sit Inside Before They Drove Off

According to the report, the Maserati's owner said he had allowed the two men to sit inside the vehicle to take pictures — and that they took off with it afterward, a detail Vinas corroborated in his account to the station. One witness said authorities told him the vehicle had been reported stolen, though NBC 6 South Florida noted that authorities had not confirmed details about officers tracking down the two men who fled.

Witnesses reported that surveillance video captured the two men running from the vehicle they say was the stolen Maserati. It remains unclear whether the men have been identified or taken into custody, and no charges had been announced as of the station's report.

What Florida Law Says About Fleeing a Property-Damage Crash

Whatever charges eventually surface, Florida law lays out a range of possibilities depending on how investigators classify the incident. Leaving the scene of a crash that causes only property damage — like hitting an apartment gate or parked cars — is a second-degree misdemeanor under state law, punishable by up to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine, according to Hussein & Webber, PL.

Grand theft of a motor vehicle valued between $20,000 and $100,000, a bracket that would likely include a Maserati, is a second-degree felony carrying up to 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine, per George Law. That charge can escalate further: under Florida Statute 812.014(2)(a), grand theft becomes a first-degree felony carrying up to 30 years in prison if a stolen vehicle is used to cause more than $1,000 in property damage, according to the Florida Senate.

Hit-and-Runs Remain a Persistent Problem Statewide

The North Miami crash adds to a pattern that state regulators have tracked for years. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has found that roughly 25% of all motor vehicle crashes across the state involve a driver fleeing the scene. In Miami-Dade County alone, preliminary 2025 traffic records show 13,122 hit-and-run crashes resulting in 20 deaths and 2,242 injuries, according to the Law Office of Alexander Alvarez.

Most of those incidents, statewide, involve property damage rather than injury — Florida logged 104,273 total hit-and-run crashes in 2023, and more than 83% of them involved only property damage, per the state highway safety agency. Miami-Dade recorded 55,530 total crashes in 2025, averaging about 152 per day, a 7.4% drop from the year before.

Nationally, motor vehicle theft has been trending in the opposite direction. FBI crime statistics released in August 2026 show vehicle thefts nationwide fell by nearly 23% in recent years, dropping to their lowest levels in more than two decades after a social-media-driven spike in 2022 and 2023, per reporting cited by Local 10.

The North Miami case follows a string of similar South Florida incidents involving luxury vehicles and fleeing suspects, including a Land Rover thief who rammed a deputy earlier this month and a Hallandale Beach case that sparked a multi-city chase into Hollywood. As of the original report, it remained unclear whether the two men who ran from the Maserati had been identified or arrested.