4 arrested, including teen, in robberies targeting sellers on Facebook, MDSO says

Four people, including a minor, were arrested in connection to more than a dozen robberies and grand thefts targeting sellers on online platforms including Facebook Marketplace, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said that between October 2025 and May 2026, investigators identified 11 robberies and six grand thefts in the Intracoastal District, primarily near Northwest 6th Avenue and Northwest 152nd Street. Four subjects allegedly targeted people “selling cell phones and laptops, arranging meetings under the guise of purchasing items before stealing the property and fleeing,” officials said. Terrell Barry, 20, is charged with armed robbery with a firearm or deadly weapon. An arrest report states that back in April, Barry took a phone from a prospective seller he met on Facebook Marketplace, lifted his shirt to show a gun in his waistband, and then threatened to kill the victim if he followed. A 17-year-old is charged with strong arm robbery after he posed as a buyer in February on the same platform and “forcefully removed” a victim’s phone from his hand before fleeing on foot, police said. NBC6 does not name minors accused in a crime unless they are charged as adults. Adrion Hall, 22, is charged with third-degree
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