Miami Beach Sgt. David Cajuso honored in moving memorial at Hard Rock Stadium

A procession and memorial service on Wednesday honored the life of a veteran Miami Beach Police officer who was killed in a motorcycle crash along Interstate 75 last month.

Sgt. David Cajuso, 33, was remembered with a procession departing from the Vista Memorial Gardens funeral home. The procession then made its way to the Miami Beach Police Station, before heading north to Miami Gardens, where the memorial service took place at the Hard Rock Stadium.

See how his life was honored with speeches from his friends, family and widow.

Outside Hard Rock Stadium, a billboard flashes with a black and white image of fallen Sgt. David Cajuso after his memorial service on Nov. 12, 2025.

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The former property manager at a Brickell condominium is facing charges in a "ghost employee" scheme that bilked the condo out of over $140,000, authorities said.

Yissely Herrouet, 37, is facing charges of grand theft, organized scheme to defraud, offenses against computer users and false entries in books of a business entity, the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office said Wednesday.

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The alleged scheme was carried out while Herrouet was the property manager of the Club at Brickell Bay condominium from 2016 to 2023, authorities said.

Herrouet, an employee of one of America's largest property management companies, is accused of paying paying people, including some relatives, for services that were never provided or for duplicate services that were already being performed, officials said.

Her former employer had performed a forensic examination that found Herrouet falsified timesheets and signed new hire paperwork for people who didn't work for her company or the condo association, then billed the phantom work back to the association, authorities said.

Prosecutors said that through her position, she was also allowed to select an outside vendor owned by a family member to provide cleaning and janitorial services.

"Thefts from condominium and homeowners’ associations continue to be a major priority of my Economic Crimes prosecutors, as too many of these property owners have been victimized by thefts," Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said in a statement. "I have long advocated for and helped change Association laws, so property owners have transparency and accountability from their Associations. This arrest is the result of my ongoing focus to protect our homeowners."

What happened to Sgt. David Cajuso?

On Oct. 28, Cajuso crashed in the area of the Gratigny Parkway and the I-75 Extension near the Palmetto Expressway.

Aerial footage from Chopper 6 at the crash site showed a large gathering of first responders and officers in a grassy area off the roadway where the motorcycle could be seen on its side.

The Florida Highway Patrol said there were no other vehicles involved in the crash and has since taken over the investigation.

Who was Sgt. David Cajuso?

Cajuso was a 10-year veteran of the department and leaves behind a wife and three young children, ages 2, 3, and 5, Miami Beach Police Chief Wayne Jones said.

He previously worked for Hollywood Police and comes from a first responder family, with his father a firefighter for Miami Beach Fire Rescue.

During Cajuso's time with the department, he caught a six-foot python in 2020, and survived being run over by a woman in 2017.

Traffic Impacts

The first leg of the procession traveled from the funeral home in Miami Lakes eastbound along State Road 112 to Interstate 195, and northbound along Interstate 95 to eastbound I-195 to arrive at the Miami Beach Police Station.

Then, it took Washington Avenue to 5th Street and I-95 north. From there, the procession took Florida's Turnpike northbound to Northwest 199th Street, Northwest 27th Avenue and Northwest 203rd to finally arrive at Hard Rock Stadium.

The public was told to "expect traffic delays and intermittent road closures between 8:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.," police said.