MIAMI — A man accused of stealing woman’s gold chain worth nearly $20,000 was arrested while wearing the chain.

Miami police took Jaylyn Coleman, 30, of Miami Gardens, into custody on Wednesday.

According to an arrest form, the victim and Coleman were at the Gale Miami Hotel and Residences, located downtown at 159 NE Sixth St., on Jan. 5 when the victim said after she got out of the shower, she noticed her purse open, a gold Cuban link chain missing and Coleman, who had been there when she entered the shower, gone.

The victim said she called Coleman, who police said told the victim not to return to Miami, stating, “That’s what I do, I take things,” before hanging up.

Soon after, police said Coleman again contacted the victim to tell her again not to come back.

Police said the victim purchased the chain for $18,697.99 and provided a receipt as proof.

The following day, the victim noticed Coleman in a photo on a jeweler’s Instagram page, so she contacted the jeweler, who was identified as Joey.

According to police, the jeweler, who’s based out of the The Village Flea Market & Mall at 7900 NW 27th Ave., said Coleman came into his store trying to sell a gold chain, but was acting suspiciously, repeatedly asking “how much will I get for this?” while insisting that the chain be tested.

Wanting to get rid of Coleman, the jeweler told him the chain was fake, police said.

The same day, the victim told police she received a text message from an unknown number stating, “you trynna make n----s beef over a fake chain is insane girl you better leave me alone,” according to an arrest form.

In addition to obtaining surveillance footage that corroborated the victim’s story, she also provided detectives photos from Coleman’s Instagram account that showed him wearing the chain, police said.

Coleman is facing a felony charge of grand theft. As of Thursday morning, he was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a bond of $2,500.

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