MIAMI — The mother of a Miami teenager who was fatally stabbed by his ex-girlfriend in 2024 was arrested Tuesday after police said she admitted to stealing her impounded SUV out of a local tow yard without paying nearly $500 in fees.
Jail records show Nathalie Jean, 43, faces one count each of burglary of an unoccupied structure and petty theft.
Jean is the mother of Yakheim Lollar, 17, whose December 2024 killing drew emotional testimony from family members during the sentencing of his ex-girlfriend, Jahara Malik, earlier this year.
According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, Jean’s Kia Telluride had been impounded at King’s Wrecker Service, located at 2151 NW Seventh Ave., after being towed.
Investigators say surveillance video captured Jean arriving at the tow yard in a silver Lexus just after 12:15 p.m. last Wednesday.
Miami police said the video showed Jean exiting the Lexus, entering her SUV, and driving out of the secured lot without authorization or paying approximately $486.45 in towing and storage fees.
The tow yard owner told police that he “never allowed the defendant to enter his towing yard to retrieve her vehicle,” the report states.
After discovering the SUV missing, the owner reviewed surveillance footage and reported it stolen.
Police said the vehicle was located Tuesday inside the parking garage of an apartment complex in the 6100 block of Northwest Seventh Avenue. The owner had the SUV towed back to his business and contacted police, according to the report.
Authorities said Jean later arrived at the tow yard intending to pay the outstanding fees, but employees had already called 911.
They said detectives detained Jean and conducted a recorded interview after advising her of her Miranda rights.
According to the report, Jean admitted to removing the vehicle from the tow yard on July 1 without paying.
Jean’s arrest comes two months after she publicly spoke in a Miami-Dade courtroom during Malik’s sentencing. A judge ultimately sentenced Malik, 18, to 17 years in prison followed by five years of probation.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Jean was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where her bond was listed as “to be set.”
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