Miami Beach deli owner speaks out after angry customer seen on video throwing beer can at his head

A Miami Beach deli owner is speaking out after he was attacked by an angry customer Business owner Richard Sauzo commented a man who was trying to shoplift in his store threw a beer at his head That s when I turned my back on the guy and the beer just him me he explained His aim is pretty good announced News Sheldon Fox He should be a baseball participant stated Sauzo jokingly The owner has a good sense of humor about the case now but it was no guffawing matter on May when the man identified as Hubert Diaz beaned him with a -ounce can of Corona beer Surveillance video obtained exclusively by News captures how it all started at the busy Ocean Deli in mid-Miami Beach Sauzo commented his store was packed with employees and customers when the loud unruly unwanted Diaz entered the business and grabbed the can of beer He didn t wanna pay for the beer explained Sauzo So I came to the front of the store and they called me Workers called their boss to handle the matter Sauzo advised Diaz that it wasn t the day to be unruly and to leave The store is full of people I need you to step out of the store ' he noted I escorted the guy out stated him Please could you leave Then he didn t wanna leave The owner had the unruly Diaz out the door but not out of his hair I turned my back on the guy I was coming this way when I felt the can of beer recalled Sauzo The angry shoplifter cowardly threw particular heat with a tall cold one at the owner Right in the head commented Sauzo Seconds after the wild pitch toward his head Sauzo ran after Diaz but he managed to get away from him However Diaz would not get far as he was picked up by Miami Beach Police on Ocean Drive And it isn t this man s first run-in with law enforcement In cigar vendor Moraima Lima was sucker punched in the face leaving her badly injured and hospitalized after journeying paths with Diaz He came and he gave me pah-kah-tah she revealed When he punched me I believe that he tried to kill me Diaz was arrested for the South Beach attack in Court records show he s been arrested on Ocean Drive and nearby streets multiple times over the years and has amassed enough mugshots for a photo album Now his latest alleged attack has Sauzo hoping Diaz is kept off the street for a while There demands to be something done with this guy We can t have that guy on the streets of Miami Beach he announced Deli store employees and management tell News that Diaz has frequented the store before and never caused any problems until the circumstance last month Diaz is charged with battery and resisting arrest