Sheriff’s investigators say Sean Edward Uribe was on probation when he was arrested after another alleged incident inside a retail store.
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — The latest arrest of a Miami-Dade man accused of targeting a store employee has drawn renewed attention to a series of previous battery cases that investigators say involved similar conduct at Ross and Marshalls locations.
Sean Edward Uribe, 37, was arrested Monday after deputies said a Ross Dress for Less employee was sprayed with an unknown liquid during an incident at the store at 13780 Southwest 56th Street. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office has called Uribe a repeat offender, and NBC6 reported that he was on probation when investigators took him into custody at a probation and parole office.
The latest case began after a witness told investigators she saw a man behaving suspiciously near an employee who was working in an aisle. The witness said the man positioned himself behind the worker and appeared to spray a liquid onto her clothing before leaving. Surveillance footage and a later photo lineup were used to identify Uribe, according to reports citing the arrest investigation.
Investigators said the case resembles earlier incidents involving Uribe. NBC6 reported that records showed an arrest in May after a woman at a Marshalls store at 8700 Mills Drive said a man stood behind her in a checkout line, appeared to use his phone to photograph or record her and then allegedly made physical contact with her before a substance struck her back.
NBC6 also reported that Uribe had been arrested in connection with incidents at another Marshalls location in July and August 2024. In a separate June 2024 case, Miami-Dade police accused him of using a medical syringe to put an unknown liquid on a shopper at a Ross store on Kendall Drive and then filming her.
CBS Miami reported in 2024 that investigators in that case searched Uribe’s nearby home and found three medical syringes containing a white liquid that authorities said was consistent with semen. At that time, he was charged with battery of a child involving bodily fluids and battery. Those were allegations when the case was reported, and the current reports do not provide a full court history for each earlier charge.
Authorities now say Uribe has prior battery convictions, although local reports differ on the number. CBS Miami and NBC6 quoted Detective Diego Mendoza as saying Uribe had three previous battery convictions. Local10 reported that a records check showed two previous battery convictions. Because the published accounts do not reconcile that difference, the precise number of prior convictions remains unclear from the available reporting.
Local10 reported that Uribe was on probation for battery and attempting to tamper with physical evidence when he was arrested in the newest case. In addition to the latest battery allegation, he faces a probation violation. Judge Mindy Glazer set his bond at $10,000 and ordered him not to contact the alleged victim. Uribe invoked his right to remain silent after his arrest, investigators said.
The sheriff’s office said detectives are concerned there could be additional people who experienced similar encounters and are continuing to investigate. No results have been publicly released from testing of the substance involved in the latest case, and Uribe has not been convicted of the new battery allegation.
Author note: Last updated August 29, 2026.