SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. — A northwest Miami-Dade woman and two teenagers are facing grand theft charges after stealing a pricey designer handbag from a consignment store in Sunny Isles Beach, according to police.
Monique Jonell Williams, 18, and the two 16-year-olds were taken into custody on Thursday.
According to the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department, the theft happened at The Brand Original, located at 18090 Collins Ave., just before 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
An SIBPD arrest report states that one of the teens entered the store at around 12:20 p.m., “canvassed” it, then came back along with Williams and the other teen about five minutes later.
Police said one of the teens grabbed the $16,000 Hermes Birkin handbag off the shelf and got into a black Cadillac CT4 with Louisiana tags and took off.
After putting out a be-on-the-lookout notice, authorities said Fort Lauderdale police spotted the sedan at a Wawa gas station at 2620 W. Broward Blvd. on Thursday afternoon.
Authorities said they saw the trio change vehicles and get into a gray Tesla, which officers pulled over nearby at Northwest Fourth Street and 27th Avenue.
They said all three later “confessed to the theft, pointing themselves out in the CCTV (footage) obtained from the scene.”
As of Friday morning, Williams was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $2,500 bond. Jail information wasn’t immediately available for the teenagers.
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