Authorities: South American theft groups becoming more bold, active

On the surface it looked like a simple case of shoplifting.Now authorities are convinced that three men who they say attempted to steal $1,500 in clothes from a Miromar Outlet store in November and hit an employee with pepper spray as they fled are, in fact, members of a dangerous organized crime ring. And one of the men was already out on bond for three attempted murder charges in Hialeah.The ...