A Cuban man was arrested in Miami for an attempted armed robbery at a Dollar Tree store.

A 28-year-old Cuban, identified as Marco Yoan Rodríguez, was arrested on Monday night after threatening a manager and two employees of a Dollar Tree store in Miami during a robbery attempt that occurred on the morning of the same Monday.

The arrest report -cited by local press- reveals that the man attempted to enter the establishment located at 2905 NW 27th Avenue with a backpack shortly after 9:00 a.m. on August 26.

The store manager informed Rodríguez that he could not enter the store with a backpack. The man left, walked to a red Cadillac Escalade that was in the parking lot, and returned.

Once inside the store, Rodríguez headed to the frozen food section, where he placed several items in a shopping basket and walked past the cash register without paying for the items.

When confronted by the manager and two other employees, the Cuban lifted his shirt, revealing a silver kitchen knife, and threatened the employees saying, "Don't come any closer. I'm going to cut you into pieces."

The second employee also recalled that the suspect told him, "Don't come closer. I'm armed."

The Cuban fled the scene in the vehicle, but the store manager managed to take four photos of the car, and in one of them, the license plate was visible.

Authorities said that the tactical robbery detectives of the Miami Police Department were able to locate the vehicle shortly after the incident and arrested Rodríguez without major setbacks. Inside the car, the officers found a silver kitchen knife.

The Cuban appeared this Tuesday in the Miami-Dade criminal court facing a charge of armed robbery with a firearm or lethal weapon.

During the appearance before Judge Mindy S. Glazer, the Cuban exhibited erratic behavior, according to images of the hearing released by the press.