Two women who worked as housekeepers in Miami-Dade County were arrested on charges of stealing luxury jewelry from the families that hired them, in two separate cases totaling over $304,000 in stolen items collected over several years.
The first case, reported by Local 10, involves Arays Izquierdo, a resident of Hialeah, who provided cleaning services for a family in West Miami and even had her own key to the residence.
According to the police, Izquierdo took advantage of that access to steal over $268,000 in high-end jewelry: a Van Cleef & Arpels necklace, two Louis Vuitton bracelets valued at nearly $150,000, a gold bracelet worth $95,650, Cartier bracelets, Cuban link chains, and several additional pieces adorned with diamonds and gold.
The investigators traced the items to local pawn shops and then searched Izquierdo's apartment, where they found several items that the victim had reported missing. According to the police report, "the belongings were located in Izquierdo's bedroom and closet and were recovered as part of the investigation."
The woman was arrested on August 20. She faces charges of burglary and first-degree grand theft, with a bail set at $20,000. A judge ordered her to stay away from the affected family.
The second case, documented by Telemundo 51, involves Yuliedy Díaz, 48 years old, who had cleaned her employer's home in Palmetto Bay for 12 consecutive years. Over time, the owner began to notice the disappearance of Rolex watches, a Cartier Ballon, necklaces, gold bracelets, and earrings, with a total value exceeding $36,400.
The electronic records of the pawn shops—maintained as required by Florida law—revealed that Díaz pawned 73 items between July 2018 and June 2025, of which at least 32 have been confirmed as belonging to the victim.
The trace became even more evident on August 10, when the employer was shown a photograph of Díaz and recognized that they were wearing her earrings.
When questioned, Díaz admitted to having stolen and pawned the 73 items, and she also wrote an apology letter to her former boss. In the search of her home, investigators found four watches and a necklace that she had stolen.
Díaz was arrested on August 26 and faces 10 charges of dealing in stolen property, one count of grand theft, and another for violating pawn shop laws. Her $20,000 bail has reportedly already been paid.
Both cases are part of other similar incidents that have occurred in southern Florida.
Last June, the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office arrested a caregiver accused of stealing jewelry from several elderly women in her care and pawning it for about $56,500.
The mechanism that allowed for the discovery of the most recent events was precisely the mandatory electronic register of transactions in pawn shops, a tool that investigators in Miami-Dade are using with increasing effectiveness to track stolen items.
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