Police – NBC 6 South Florida

A Miami man was arrested in connection with the theft of a $100,000 frozen bacon trailer, police said.

Marcos Gonzalez-Bernal, 40, is charged with grand theft of cargo over $50,000, grand theft of a vehicle and unlawful use of a communication device, records show.

According to an arrest report, the theft occurred in the early morning hours of Sept. 2 when a 53-foot-long refrigerated trailer valued at $80,000, containing 192 pounds of frozen bacon valued at $100,000, pulled out of a parking lot in Daytona Beach was stolen.

Surveillance video captured the theft and showed a blue SUV searching the area and parking next to the stolen trailer.

The SUV drove off and then a tractor-trailer arrived, hooked up the trailer and drove off, the report said.

A blue Volvo

Multiple license plate readers captured the trailer and the Volvo traveling south across the state

On Sept. 8, the Volvo was found by Miami-Dade police and Gonzalez-Bernal was driving it, the report said.

Records showed Gonzalez-Bernal was on probation for racketeering in connection with charges ranging from grand larceny to cargo theft of more than $50,000 out of Miami-Dade, the report said.

He was initially arrested for driving with a revoked license, and police obtained a search warrant for his car and phones.

Records from the cellphones he had when he was arrested showed the phones were in the area of ​​the cargo theft on the day the bacon was stolen, the report said.

Investigators finally found the stolen trailer on September 24th.

Gonzalez-Bernal was in jail Thursday, records show. Attorney information was not available.