Background: The Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building in Miami, Fla. (Google Maps). Inset: Andres Felipe Dorado (Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation).
A Florida man was accused of tracking his estranged wife and attacking the man she moved on with.
Andres Felipe Dorado, 39, was arrested on May 22 and charged with aggravated battery with a weapon causing great bodily harm, criminal mischief, and installing a tracking device without consent. According to court records obtained by WTVJ, a local NBC affiliate, Dorado allegedly showed up at a Miami hotel where his wife — from whom he had been separated for three months — was staying with her new boyfriend.
Officers had responded that day to calls from the hotel about a man who refused to leave and was acting violent.
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According to the records, Dorado’s wife allegedly told police that while she and her husband were still married and shared a child, she had begun a “sexual relationship” with someone else after she and Dorado separated. When he came to the hotel, he allegedly demanded that she come down to see him and he accused her of cheating on him.
Dorado’s wife told police that she and the other man acquiesced to his demands and came down to the hotel’s lobby, where Dorado allegedly punched the other man and cut his arm.
Police stated that they found a knife in Dorado’s vehicle.
After Dorado was arrested, Dorado’s wife told police that she had recently found an Apple AirTag in her vehicle, under the seat on the passenger side. After doing her own investigation, she allegedly discovered that the device was registered to her estranged husband. She clarified that she did not consent to having the device placed in her vehicle.
According to court records, police witnessed Dorado running away from the hotel when they arrived, carrying a black object.
Dorado was booked into jail on $7,650 bond, which he later posted. He appeared in court on Friday in front of Judge Mindy Glazer, who issued a stay-away order that applied to both Dorado’s wife and her “new friend.”
His next court appearance is scheduled for June 20.
