Miami police looking for man caught on camera stealingtwo suitcases full of jewelryLittle Havana, in Miami-Dade, belonging to an elderly woman who works as an independent jeweler.
The woman, who usually travels with merchandise in her car, made a quick stop at a relative's house to say hello, a moment that the thief took advantage of to take the jewelry from the parked car, as revealed.Univision citing police sources.
Police said that - judging by the thief's accuracy and speed - he seemed to know exactly where what he was going to steal was located.
The incident was recorded by security cameras installed in the area, which show a man wearing a cap fleeing with the merchandise and being immediately picked up by a woman in a black Volkswagen Tiguan SUV.
Jewelry thefts from individuals or jewelry businesses are not isolated phenomena in South Florida.
In October, a Cuban was detained forstealing jewelry worth tens of thousands of dollars from elderly residents in a condominium in Kendall, in southwest Miami-Dade. In that case, Michel García, 48, took advantage of his job as a maintenance technician at Waterford Landings to access the victims' homes when the tenants were away and steal the jewelry.
A few months earlier, in August, three peopleThey stole more than 300 thousand dollars worth of watches, gold jewelry and diamonds to a Cuban jeweler in Miami, owner of Ashley Jewelry.
"I think this was planned by someone who knows me or who knows a friend of mine because it is impossible. There are seven workshops and they went straight here," said the owner of the establishment, who stated that one of the thieves entered the building through the main door, with an access code that only the owners of the jewelry stores and workshops located in that property have and from inside he opened a door to his two accomplices.
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