Surveillance video captures man savagely beating, robbing tourist in Miami Beach; suspect in custody

A tourist who was visiting from Chicago says he was viciously attacked and robbed by a man while walking down the sidewalk in Miami Beach Precaution cameras outside the Sherbrooke Hotel captures a man wearing a pink hoodie and pants viciously attacking the alleged victim on Ninth Street just east of Collins Avenue The man s girlfriend can be heard pleading with him to stop as he unloads several punches and kicks to the defenseless victim on the ground Come on babe she revealed Her pleas fell on deaf ears as the victim says the man s violent assault then led into a robbery According to an arrest record the defendant forcefully took a black crossbody bag from the victim as well as taking the victim s iPhone The enraged victim could be heard shouting at responding officers He beat me for no expletive reason the victim disclosed No expletive reason Really shocking to the conscience explained Mitch Novick who provided the hotel s surveillance footage Novick mentioned the brutal beating was tough to watch Smashes him in the face stomps on his head explained Novick One of the cops declared it s hard to watch Officers released that while trying to get the victim s side of the story his bloody mouth began to rapidly swell His injuries to his jaw and mouth became worse to the point that the victim couldn t move his mouth due to the pain the review disclosed The man was transported to Mount Sinai Curative Center where he s declared to be dealing with a important jaw injury Meanwhile the alleged attacker was identified as -year-old Cornelius Wedner who was taken into custody by officers just a minimal minutes after the attack further down the street from the hotel OK so there s probable cause for aggravated battery strong-armed robbery and resisting an officer explained Judge Mindy S Glazer when the suspect appeared in bond court Wedner who was visiting from Georgia remains behind bars in Miami-Dade jail You are ordered to stay away from the alleged victim disclosed Glazer Detectives are using the footage captured by Novick for their inquiry into the development