Police track down Pennsylvania man who brutally assaulted a hotel manager in Miami Beach

MIAMI BEACH, Florida – A violent attack on a Miami Beach hotel led to the arrest of a Pennsylvania man.

According to the Miami Beach Police, the manager of the Rivera Hotel in South Beach was in a back room when a man, whose head was covered with a towel, came in violently.

The suspect, identified as Tehrron Greene, punched the manager and threw him against the wall before continuing the relentless beating. The incident was captured by the hotel’s security cameras on February 12.

Police said Greene was visiting South Florida with two other people who stayed at the hotel.

Detectives have been looking for him ever since. Police said good detective work, and some clues on a hotel guest’s Facebook page, took them to Greene, who had already returned to Pennsylvania.

(Watch the video from the surveillance camera)

According to Miami Beach police, detectives in the case searched more than 2,000 photos on a hotel guest’s public page before finding what ultimately turned out to be a photo of their suspect.

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“The victim deserved it,” said police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez of the search efforts.

Greene initially refused to speak to detectives, who also contacted his mother, according to Rodriguez.

Greene ended up calling the police and reportedly confessed to the beating. He must be extradited back to Miami-Dade County.