MIAMI — Miami police say as a man arranged a meeting to sell a pricey Cartier watch off Facebook Marketplace, the prospective buyer said he couldn’t go far; the 18-year-old sent him a photo of his ankle monitor.
It’s not clear whether he knew that Jarmane Samuel Bradwell Jr. was wearing it after getting probation for a violent armed carjacking, but it apparently did not dissuade him from traveling to Bradwell’s street in the city’s Wynwood neighborhood to try to seal the deal Tuesday afternoon.
According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, things did not end well for the would-be seller.
Police said the victim had listed the diamond-encrusted Cartier watch on Facebook Marketplace for $1 to receive inquiries. Authorities said the victim agreed to sell Bradwell the watch for $2,700: $1,000 in cash and $1,700 by Zelle.
Authorities said Bradwell sent the seller an address on Northwest 31st Street, near Third Avenue ― a few houses down from where Bradwell lives.
“The victim asked (Bradwell) if he was able to meet him closer to which (Bradwell) sent thew victim a photograph of a leg with an ankle monitor on it and stated he wasn’t able to,” an MPD detective wrote in the report.
According to court records, Bradwell was donning the less-than-stylish leg accessory because he took part in a 2023 armed carjacking in North Miami Beach when he was 16. He was charged as an adult, but ultimately got classified as a “youthful offender” and received community control, probation and withheld adjudication.
Records show he’s also been accused in various criminal cases in North Miami, Miami Shores and Miami.
On Tuesday, police said the victim in the latest case pulled up at the location just before 3 p.m. and set up his cellphone to record the transaction.
The two communicated through Google Translate as the victim allowed Bradwell to try on the watch and view additional links that came with it, police said.
“The victim then asked (Bradwell) to remove the watch until he paid for it. While the victim was holding onto the watch, (Bradwell) lifted his shirt and brandished a black object, which appeared to be a weapon according to the victim,” the report states. “(Bradwell) then said something to the victim and snatched the watch from (his) hand and (left).”
Police said the victim called 911 and an officer saw Bradwell and tried to stop him, but he ran.
Authorities said they were able to identify the suspect as Bradwell and went to his house to detain him.
The MPD report said officers serving a search warrant at his home ultimately found the links, though it doesn’t state whether they found the watch itself.
Bradwell is now back in jail on an armed robbery charge with a bond listed as “to be set.” His Miami-Dade jail roster listing also includes several additional other charges related to those varying past cases.
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