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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A violent attack on a Miami Beach hotel has led to the arrest of a Pennsylvania man.
Miami Beach police said the manager of the Rivera Hotel on South Beach was in a back room when a man whose head was covered with a towel stormed in.
The suspect, identified as Tehrron Greene, hit the manager and hit him against the wall before continuing the relentless beating. The incident was captured on February 12 with the hotel’s security cameras.
Police said Greene visited South Florida with two others who checked into the hotel.
Since then, detectives have been looking for him. Police said good detective work, and some clues on a hotel guest’s Facebook page led them to Greene, who had already returned to Pennsylvania.
(Watch the video of the security camera)
According to Miami Beach police, detectives in the case searched more than 2,000 photos on a hotel guest’s public page before finding what would eventually be a photo of their suspect.
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“The victim deserved it,” police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said of the search efforts.
Greene initially refused to speak to detectives, who, according to Rodriguez, also contacted his mother.
Greene eventually called the police and reportedly confessed to the beatings. He is expected to be extradited to Miami-Dade County.
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