MIAMI (WSVN) - Police have arrested a woman accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars in jewelry from a tourist.
Police arrested 23-year-old Kira Yvette White early Friday morning at the Blue Martini in Brickell, the same place she is accused of robbing New Jersey resident Israel Sosa.
Sosa was visiting South Florida on June 15 and told 7News he met White at the Blue Martini.
“I was like, ‘Wow,’ so I approached her, and I bought her a drink,” he said after the theft.
After an evening of drinking, the pair went upstairs and spent the night together. “She insisted to come upstairs with me, and I was fine with it because I didn’t see nothing wrong,” Sosa said.
Upon waking, Sosa discovered his gold chain, a diamond-encrusted Rolex watch and $5,000 in cash had been stolen. “I did leave my drink unattended numerous times, and I didn’t know her,” he said.
The stolen goods were worth about $70,000.
“I really thought she was a nice girl, but she proved me wrong,” Sosa said.
However, Miami Police called Sosa Friday and told him they made an arrest.
“I was just informed around 4 o’clock this morning that she’s been apprehended. They found her today,” Sosa said over the phone. “She actually had the nerves to come back around the area. I just hope that this brings more awareness for everyone else to not be happened to, especially businessmen or tourist men like myself.”
Police have yet to recover the stolen jewelry.
When asked what he would say to White now, Sosa responded: “I told you, if I remember, I would’ve gave you everything. Instead, you took everything. Not nice.”
He said he’s now at ease knowing she’s in custody. “It’s going to let me sleep a whole lot better, knowing someone else is not going to get caught like this,” Sosa said.
White now faces a second-degree grand theft charge and is expected to appear in court at some point Friday.
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