Texas man arrested in videoed attack on Bayside Hard Rock Cafe server, police say
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Texas man IDed, jailed in Hard Rock Cafe server assault case: Police
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MIAMI — A Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers tip led to the arrest of a Texas man in a video-recorded attack on a Hard Rock Cafe server at Bayside Marketplace in downtown Miami, according to police.
Daniel Ramirez, 47, of Lubbock, Texas, was taken into custody by the Miami Police Department Friday morning at a Royal Caribbean cruise terminal at PortMiami. He’s facing a felony battery charge.
Miami police said the incident happened on Sunday evening after the employee spotted Ramirez “inside an employee-only area consuming garnishes” and told him not to eat them.
Authorities said Ramirez responded, “B----, what do you want me to do, spit it out?” and both left the bar area.
However, according to an MPD arrest report, the server’s manager called her back over after Ramirez made a complaint.
“According to the victim, (Ramirez) told the manager that no woman was allowed to tell him what to do and that the victim needed to be reprimanded,” the arrest report states.
Police said the manager told the server to pretend like she was being reprimanded.
Authorities said later, after the victim went inside through the front entrance to talk to another employee, Ramirez “forcefully shoved her, causing her to fall into a metal garment rack.”
“As a result of the fall, the victim struck her (head) and chipped one of her front teeth,” the report states.
She was able to snap photos of him before he left, police said, but when Ramirez “realized she was photographing him, he turned around, struck the cellular phone out of her hand, pushed her in the face and caused her to fall to the ground” and lose consciousness. Ramirez fled, police said.
Photo Bayside Marketplace suspect (WPLG)
According to the report, an MPD officer “attempted to interview the family who had remained at the table with the defendant in an effort to obtain (Ramirez’s) identity,” but they all refused to cooperate or provide information.
Police said after receiving the Crime Stoppers tip, they were able to identify Ramirez and the victim picked him out of a lineup.
At around 6:40 a.m. Friday, police said U.S. Customs and Border Protection informed MPD that they apprehended Ramirez at the port.
Investigators said Ramirez, upon being apprehended, “spontaneously stated that he had ‘run into a lady.’”
Police said he later declined to speak with MPD investigators.
“I’m really thankful that he was apprehended and arrested and that he’s sitting there thinking about his actions,” the server, who has asked to remain anonymous, told Local 10 News. “It’s very disgusting ― and I wonder how he would feel if it was done to somebody in his family.”
As of Friday afternoon, Ramirez was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with a bond listed as “to be set” in online jail records.
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Comment by Chase Tisdale .
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Chase Tisdale 2 hrs ago
On vacation from Texas to board Cruise ship .. While you are out you push the wattress ? Com On Stay in jail all weekend ..
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bilbo baggins 8 hrs ago
"No Woman Tells Me What to Do" sounds MAGAT. The assault on a woman confirms it.
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m330099 hrs ago
Definitely "not hitting on all cylinders."
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Goddiva Thomas 9 hrs ago
Welcome to 2026 buddy. That me Tarzan you Jane ish will get you cuffed.
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ricky ledesma 9 hrs ago
Hey way to go liberals! You squealed on him just right! He probably didn't even see you coming.
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jesse540910 hrs ago
Swift justice is required🇺🇸.
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bjf695910 hrs ago
Just let him Know we have a Woman State Attorney
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Jeffrey Speck 10 hrs ago
All this behavior over a criticism that he shouldn't be eating employee garnishes in an employee-only area. Whatever's wrong with this guy eludes this guy. Maybe his kids could view the full tape and then criticize their dad's behavior. Otherwise, he's too masculinized to think straight about his faults.
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If he has kids i wonder what kind of Torture the Mother hasta deal with
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Oh he is definitely putting hands on her! In 2026 a man making such a statement and displaying such behavior is someone whose behavior has gone unchecked for way too long.
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