MIAMI — A 22-year-old man is facing a felony charge after Miami police said he stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of designer clothes from a store in the city’s Wynwood neighborhood “over an extended period of time.”
Investigators with the Miami Police Department said Dhir Patel would visit the store “to sell items” in exchange for money.
It happened at Savonches, a retailer that, according to its website, sells “rare luxury clothing, bags, accessories, jewelry, watches and more.” It’s located at 78 NW 37th St.
An MPD arrest report states that Patel, of Boynton Beach, “would walk throughout the store selecting merchandise” during his visits and detectives said “CCTV footage reportedly shows the subject concealing clothing items inside a bag he brought with him.”
Police said the thefts happened during a period from March 30 to last Monday. All told, investigators said he stole about $41,550 worth of designer goods.
“We originally started at $41,000 since we’ve calculated it up, it’s about $55-to-60,000 now,“ owner Louis Negrich later told Local 10 News.”
MPD officers said they arrested Patel on a grand theft charge on Saturday after he came back to the store to sell more items. Authorities said he made a confession, which was redacted from the publicly-released report.
“Just don’t steal,” Negrich said. “It’s just as simple as that. It’s just, everything comes back to bite you.”
Court records show Patel posted a $5,000 bond and was released from jail.
In a statement on Friday, Patel’s attorney’s, Amelia Ravelo and Richard Cooper, said that their “client maintains his innocence and will vigorously defend against these allegations.”
“These charges don’t tell a complete account of what actually happened here. More evidence will come to light in due time,” they said. “We ask the public not to rush to judgment while the facts are reviewed through the legal process.”
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