HIALEAH, Fla. — A man and a woman confessed on Monday in Hialeah to pretending to be customers before stealing from two jewelry stores on the same day, according to police.
Police officers arrested Steven Romero and his girlfriend Jennifer Izquierdo shortly before 6 p.m. on Monday after stopping the black Mercedes-Benz they were in at West Fifth Avenue and 44 Street.
Police officers reported using surveillance videos and witnesses to piece together their crime spree on Jan. 23 at two stores and two pawn shops.
“In each case, we are looking at an average of $13,000 in stolen jewelry. They would go and pawn it later on,” Hialeah Chief George Fuente said. “So, the great work that our officers and detectives did, they were able to apprehend them.”
Surveillance video shows Romero, 39, and Izquierdo, 43, stealing gold jewelry valued at more than $13,000 at about 12:05 p.m. on Jan. 23 at the Cuban Dan Jewelry, a store in Hialeah, according to police.
Romero fled in a gray Chevrolet Malibu, which is registered to his mother, according to police.
Surveillance video shows Romero and Izquierdo stealing gold jewelry valued at more than $13,000 shortly before 1:15 p.m. on Jan. 23 at the Estrella de Oro, a pawn shop in Hialeah, according to police.
Romero fled in a red Nissan Sentra, which is registered to his grandfather, according to police.
Shortly before 2:10 p.m. on Jan. 23, Romero was at the South Dade Jewelry and Gun Exchange to receive $13,000 for a 14K gold bracelet, a 14K Cuban necklace, and a 14K Saint Barbara pendant that had been stolen from Estrella de Oro, according to police.
Shortly after 12:50 p.m., on Thursday, Izquierdo was at King Cash Pawn to get $10,700 for two stolen 10K Cuban link chains, according to police.
Corrections booked Izquierdo and Romero shortly before 8 p.m. on Monday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.
Izquierdo and Romero each faced four charges in two new cases: Two counts of third-degree grand theft and two counts of organized scheme to defraud. They also faced a bench warrant for petit theft.
Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report.
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