MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A man was robbed after he met two women at a Miami Beach hotel bar.
The victim’s sister didn’t want her identity revealed, but she said she and her family were enjoying the night at the W hotel bar, early Wednesday morning, when two women approached their group and started to connect with her brother.
“South Beach has that reputation, you know what I mean, of this happening,” she said. “You just hope that you can catch them and recuperate as much as you can.”
She then said the two girls and her brother made their way up to his room, where they drugged and robbed him.
The visitors from Canada had heard the stories, but they never expected it would happen to them.
“They took a Rolex watch. They took a necklace chain, a cross with diamonds. They took a couple thousand dollars in cash, the wallets and then they went to Bal Harbour and went shopping all day,” the victim’s sister said.
The crime is a common one in South Florida.
Police said at the same hotel, on the same night, a victim from Dubai was drugged and robbed of nearly $30,000 worth of jewelry and electronics.
On March 29, police said Angela Flanagan drugged and robbed a tourist at the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach.
“I’m concerned about her lack of ties to the community,” Judge Renatha S. Francis said in bond court, Thursday.
Time and time again, unsuspecting victims have met someone on a night out, invited them back home or to a hotel room only to wake up with their belongings stolen.
In January, two women were arrested after they allegedly drugged two men they met in Miami Beach and stole their Rolex watches.
Yaqueline Solis spent New Year’s Day behind bars after she allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint in September 2018.
In December 2018, a victim showed 7News cameras how a woman took his watch worth thousands of dollars after the thief slipped him a spiked drink.
But surveillance cameras captured those criminals on video, which gives police a chance to identify them and make an arrest.
“You guys are a waste of humanity. You know what I mean? You’re disgusting. Get a job. Get an education. What are you doing? People work hard to purchase what they have,” the victim’s sister said.
While the search continues for the women who robbed the men at the W, police are reminding the public to be careful with who you take home.
If you have any information on this robbery, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a $1,000 reward.
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