1 person arrested after illegal dumping of garbage in Hialeah, 1 at large

HIALEAH, Florida. – Hialeah police have arrested a man who was reportedly seen on surveillance video in an illegal dumping incident.

The incident occurred on June 6 near West 44th Avenue and 108th Street.

Officer Scarlett Hernandez, who is also a spokeswoman for the police department, confirmed that the suspect, Osniel Lezcano Blanco, 38, was arrested Tuesday near East Fourth Avenue and 58th Street.

According to Hernandez, Blanco was caught on video around 12:30 p.m. on June 6 driving a 2022 Isuzu truck with an illegal homemade trailer through a known landfill.

“It is clear from the video surveillance that while Blanco was driving, another man was seen loading items from the trailer onto the ground,” Hernandez said in an email to Local 10 News.

Hernandez said Blanco “made a full confession to the crime” after his arrest.

He was arrested for violating Florida’s Litter Law and taken to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Blanco no longer appeared in the prison database.

Anyone with information about the second person seen in the video is asked to call the Hialeah Police Department or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.