Three Miami men's love for coconuts and cock fighting have landed them in jail, authorities said Wednesday.
Angel Aportela, 58, and 56-year-olds Martin Deglado and Adalberto Martin, were arrested and charged with grand theft and possession of an animal used for fighting after Monroe County Sheriff's deputies caught the men in a van with over 4,000 coconuts and two roosters with spurs.
Detectives said the trio started their coo coo for coconuts theft spree at around 2 p.m. Tuesday in Marathon. Authorities got a tip that the men were stealing coconuts off a tree in a yard.
The men allegedly snatched up the coconuts and then jumped in their Dodge Ram and sped off, witnesses said.
Deputies caught up to the van parked outside of a nearby convenience store. When cops questioned the men, they denied stealing anything and gave deputies permission to search their loaded van.
Once inside, deputies saw nothing but coconuts, an arrest report stated.
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They also discovered a couple of milk crates holding two roosters with combs, waddles, and the spurs cut off as if they were prepared to fight. There was no food or water in the van for the birds, the report stated.
Authorities have not said what the men were going to do with all those coconuts.
