Two folks have been charged after allegedly swiping over $1 million in gold and jewellery throughout a current Nashville, Tennessee, jewellery retailer heist.
The alleged robbers, Orlando Valdes Hernandez and Milleni Garcia, had been every hit with a number of counts after police apprehended them on Sunday at a resort in Miami Seaside, Florida, in line with the Metro Nashville Police Division (MNPD).
The costs 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 Jewellery. The worth of the jewellery and gold that the three purportedly took was over $1.7 million, in line with the Miami Seaside 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 informed FOX Enterprise the third alleged thief has nonetheless not been recognized or arrested as of Friday.
The three-person theft of Dubai Jewellery, which is situated in Southeast Nashville, was recorded on the shop’s video surveillance system.
Two folks had been working on the time of the theft, one in every of which Valdes Hernandez allegedly “pepper sprayed” after he and Garcia spent a while taking a look at jewellery instances, in line with the MNPD. He additionally purportedly held each employees at gunpoint.
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Two of the alleged thieves may be seen shortly grabbing objects from show instances and wall shows and stuffing them in baggage within the surveillance footage.
The Miami Seaside Police Division recovered “no less than a number of the jewellery” that was stolen in the course of the “brazen crime,” in line with the MNPD.
Nashville police labored with the Miami Seaside Police Division, FBI and Nashville Worldwide 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 line with the FBI.
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