{"id":2052,"date":"2026-06-20T04:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2026-06-20T04:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:02:14","slug":"teen-arrested-in-water-gun-attack-on-jewish-pedestrians-sheriffs-office-says-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2052","title":{"rendered":"Teen arrested in water gun attack on Jewish pedestrians, sheriff\u2019s office says"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Sheriffs deputies have arrested a 19-year-old following an investigation into an alleged hate crime in northeast Miami-Dade County, officers say.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2051\">Miami wildfire update: Emergency crews continue containment effort<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Amir Ayesh will be charged with two felonies, according to a Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office press release. The allegations follow a similar incident that resulted in the arrests of two men in February.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>According to the sheriff\u2019s office, on May 9, two victims alleged that an individual in a black vehicle sprayed them with an \u201cunknown liquid\u201d in a quiet section of North Miami Beach\u2019s Uleta neighborhood, which has a high concentration of Jewish people.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSubsequent investigative efforts led detectives to identify Amir Ayesh as the suspect,\u201d Detective Samantha Choon wrote in the press release.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2050\">Teen arrested in water gun attack on Jewish pedestrians, sheriff\u2019s office says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Officials obtained an arrest warrant on June 11, according to Choon, and Broward sheriff\u2019s deputies arrested Ayesh in Plantation on June 18. He left Broward County Correctional Center the following day, according to online records.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>According to a Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office press release, he will face two felony counts of battery with prejudice. Those charges have not yet been filed in Broward or Miami-Dade courts, as of Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2048\">Miami wildfire update: Emergency crews continue containment effort<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amir Ayesh, was arrested in Plantation after an investigation into a water gun attack on Jewish pedestrians in North Miami Beach\u2019s Uleta neighborhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Teen arrested in water gun attack on Jewish pedestrians, sheriff\u2019s office says - 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