<p class="speakable">A Florida man was arrested this week after allegedly stealing hundreds of pounds of avocados from a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/miami" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Miami-area grove</a>, according to police.</p><p class="speakable">Edel Perez, 29, was arrested after deputies said they saw him leaving a fenced avocado grove with bags of avocados estimated to weigh about 400 pounds, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit.</p><p>Perez allegedly told police he was unemployed and was planning to sell the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/robbery-theft" rel="noopener" target="_blank">stolen fruit</a> to buy Christmas presents for his two children.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/walmart-customer-calls-cops-himself-after-self-checkout-avocado-mishap" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>WALMART CUSTOMER CALLS COPS ON HIMSELF AFTER SELF-CHECKOUT AVOCADO MISHAP</strong></a></p><p>At about 3:10 a.m. on Monday, police said they observed a male dressed in all black clothing picking avocados inside the grove.</p><p>The avocado grove is fenced and has a "No Trespassing" sign, according to police.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/man-buys-locked-mini-fridge-food-thefts-called-weird-selfish-coworkers" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>MAN BUYS LOCKED MINI-FRIDGE AFTER FOOD THEFTS, GETS CALLED 'WEIRD AND SELFISH' BY CO-WORKERS</strong></a></p><p>Deputies found bags of avocados in Perez's Mercedes-Benz and identical bags in the grove with freshly picked fruit.</p><p>Police said they also found loose avocados in the vehicle's trunk.</p><p>The avocados had an estimated value of $800, according to the arrest affidavit.</p><p><a href="https://foxnews.onelink.me/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a></p><p>Perez faces charges of trespassing on an agricultural site and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/crime" rel="noopener" target="_blank">third-degree grand theft.</a></p>