Two folks have been charged after allegedly swiping over $1 million in gold and jewellery throughout a latest Nashville, Tennessee, jewellery retailer heist.
The alleged robbers, Orlando Valdes Hernandez and Milleni Garcia, have been every hit with a number of counts after police apprehended them on Sunday at a resort in Miami Seashore, Florida, in response to the Metro Nashville Police Division (MNPD).
The fees come up out of a police investigation into an Oct. 23 theft that the pair and one different particular person are accused of committing at Dubai Jewelry. The worth of the jewellery and gold that the three purportedly took was over $1.7 million, in response to the Miami Seashore Police Division.
Valdes Hernandez has been charged with alleged aggravated kidnapping, aggravated theft, aggravated assault with a lethal weapon and felony theft, the MNPD mentioned. Garcia is accused of facilitating aggravated kidnapping, aggravated theft and felony theft.
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The MNPD advised FOX Enterprise the third alleged thief has nonetheless not been recognized or arrested as of Friday.
The three-person robbery of Dubai Jewellery, which is situated in Southeast Nashville, was recorded on the shop’s video surveillance system.
Two folks have been working on the time of the theft, certainly one of which Valdes Hernandez allegedly “pepper sprayed” after he and Garcia spent a while jewellery instances, in response to the MNPD. He additionally purportedly held each employees at gunpoint.
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Two of the alleged thieves could be seen shortly grabbing objects from show instances and wall shows and stuffing them in baggage within the surveillance footage.
The Miami Seashore Police Division recovered “not less than among the jewellery” that was stolen throughout the “brazen crime,” in response to the MNPD.
Nashville police labored with the Miami Beach Police Department, FBI and Nashville International Airport Police as a part of their investigation into the Dubai Jewellery theft, the division mentioned.
Thieves steal over $100 million in jewellery on a yearly foundation, in response to the FBI.